As #Yahoo prepares to auction nearly 3,000 of its patents, some commentators say it could generate more than $1 billion. A few even believe it could fetch up to $3 billion.
But those estimates are unrealistically high — by a factor of 10, in fact. According to our analysis, based on publicly-available information as well as our proprietary technical and market-based “ #IPedia ” analytics platform, Yahoo’s patents are actually worth no more than $200 million, and may be worth as little as $50 million.
To those not familiar with the Yahoo patent sale, the company is looking to divest approximately 2,648 IP assets (while retaining an additional 700 patents that it calls “core” to sell along with its operating business). To effectuate this transfer Yahoo has assigned these assets to a transaction vehicle known as #Excaliber IP. Many of these patents are homegrown Yahoo assets, but some were acquired in strategic IP-rich acquisitions such as Yahoo’s $1.63 billion purchase of #Overture in 2003, which owned #AltaVista, an early #Google search competitor.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidpridham/2016/06/23/buyer-beware-in-yahoo-patents-sale/#66b71591d742
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