全球科技巨头IBM专利组合与历年IP收入案例分析

Case Study of the Global Technology Giant IBM's Patent Portfolio and Its Revenue Stream

IBM——一家全球电脑、计算机的鼻祖公司,一家长期在美国专利排行榜上领先的公司,一家真正的科技企业。本文由IBM历年的知识产权收入配合自千禧年后其一系列的剥离/出售各种事业部、收购新创以及专利组合的舍与得的事件来探讨这家在全球领跑的科技公司是如何深度利用与管理知识产权而保持其持续发展。

How do you defi ne IBM?A company that developed one of the fi rst computers?A company you'll fi nd on the top rank of the US most patented companies?A genuine technology-oriented company?Maybe all of the above.This article digs deep to uncover a series of events between IBM's revenue stream of intellectual properties,and other business-related acquisitions and divestures,including startup acquisitions,patent portfolio divestures and acquisitions.The story demonstrates how a top-tier technology company remains its sustainability by well-managing its intellectual property portfolios.