Management Strategy for Patent Portfolio and Litigation—Empirical Study on Taiwan Semiconductor and IC Electronics Industries

• Main Author: 施學浩
• Other Authors: Liu, Shang-Jyh
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/71330698552374861629

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 管理學院碩士在職專班科技法律組 === 98 === Taiwan semiconductor and IC electrics industries were well established in pass few decades. The creative development of technology and effective manufacture both locate at cutting edge in the era. However, the management of patent portfolio is not adequate as strength weapon during patent litigation filed by competitors. Sometime loss in the litigation, the damage recovery for the patent infringement is dramatically higher than the profiles they earned in pass years. The resources for patent portfolio are generally from internal invention disclosure, acquisition during company merge and directly purchase from patent marketing. How did Taiwan companies assert their own patents in patent litigation or negotiation against the competitors? Which patent source is an effective weapon as counter suit in patent litigation? Empirical study and methodology were applied to analyze and to summarize the management of patent portfolio in Taiwan semiconductor and electrics industries. For approach, the companies are divided into 3 groups according to the stages of industrial development. The stages of industrial development were defined by their total patents. Most of the companies with less than 100 patents asserted their patents which were purchased from patent marketing in patent litigation. Most of companies with around 100 to 1500 patents asserted their patents which were acquired by company merge in patent litigation. Most of companies with more than 1500 patents asserted their patents which were created by their own invention disclosure in patent litigation. The results from empirical study are inducted to a simple model as the suggestion on the strategy and methodology for the management of patent portfolio. The model is suitable for Taiwan companies in different stages of industrial development.