Determining patent infringement risk exposure using litigation analysis
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1. A method in a computing system for determining patent infringement risk exposure for a company, comprising:
- under control of the computing system,electronically receiving an indication of a revenue of the company;
electronically determining and storing an estimate for settlement costs of a litigation based upon the received indication of the revenue of the company;
electronically determining and storing an estimate for judgment costs for the litigation based upon the received indication of the revenue of the company;
electronically determining and storing an estimate for litigation costs for the litigation based upon the received indication of the revenue of the company;
electronically combining the stored estimate for settlement costs, the stored estimate for judgment costs, and the stored estimate for litigation costs into a payoff value for the litigation, wherein the electronically combining the stored estimate for settlement costs, the stored estimate for judgment costs, and the stored estimate for litigation costs into a payoff value for the litigation further comprises combining the stored estimate for settlement costs (S1), the stored estimate for judgment costs (J1), and the stored estimate for litigation costs (LC) into a payoff value as a function of the revenue of the company; and
forwarding the payoff value as the risk exposure for the company.
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Methods, systems, and techniques for estimating patent infringement risk for a company using a statistical model of revenue are provided. Examples also provide a Patent Infringement Risk Assessment Tool, which uses these techniques to enable users to dynamically modify certain parameters and obtain a feel for their affect upon patent infringement risk exposure. Other examples describe the applicability of some of the methods and techniques for describing models of overall behavior when only the behavior of a segment at either the low end or high end (a tail) is known.
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1. A method in a computing system for determining patent infringement risk exposure for a company, comprising:
under control of the computing system, electronically receiving an indication of a revenue of the company; electronically determining and storing an estimate for settlement costs of a litigation based upon the received indication of the revenue of the company; electronically determining and storing an estimate for judgment costs for the litigation based upon the received indication of the revenue of the company; electronically determining and storing an estimate for litigation costs for the litigation based upon the received indication of the revenue of the company; electronically combining the stored estimate for settlement costs, the stored estimate for judgment costs, and the stored estimate for litigation costs into a payoff value for the litigation, wherein the electronically combining the stored estimate for settlement costs, the stored estimate for judgment costs, and the stored estimate for litigation costs into a payoff value for the litigation further comprises combining the stored estimate for settlement costs (S1), the stored estimate for judgment costs (J1), and the stored estimate for litigation costs (LC) into a payoff value as a function of the revenue of the company; and forwarding the payoff value as the risk exposure for the company. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An electronic risk exposure measurement tool for determining patent infringement risk exposure for a company, comprising:
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an input module for receiving an indication of a revenue of the company; litigation exposure logic, stored in a computer memory, and that is configured, when executed on a computer processor to; determine and store an estimate for settlement costs of a litigation based upon the received indication of the revenue of the company; determine and store an estimate for judgment costs for the litigation based upon the received indication of the revenue of the company; determine and store an estimate for litigation costs for the litigation based upon the received indication of the revenue of the company; combine the stored estimate for settlement costs, the stored estimate for judgment costs, and the stored estimate for litigation costs into an estimated exposure for the litigation, wherein the litigation exposure logic is configured to combine the stored estimate for settlement costs (S1), the stored estimate for judgment costs (J1), and the stored estimate for litigation costs (LC) into an estimated exposure as a function of the revenue of the company; and communication logic, communicably coupled to the litigation exposure logic, that is configured when executed to receive the estimated exposure for the litigation and forward the estimated exposure value for the company. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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