Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 (“IP Bridge”) announced today that it has reached a settlement and license agreement with Avago Technologies US, Inc., Avago Technologies, Ltd., Broadcom Corporation, Broadcom Ltd., and LSI Corporation (collectively, “Broadcom”). The license relates to patented technologies used in a wide range of semiconductor products. The agreement resolves all pending patent disputes involving the parties.
Broadcom is the major group of semiconductor companies to reach a license agreement with IP Bridge for patents in IP Bridge’s extensive semiconductor patent portfolio. “The Broadcom group of companies are some of the world’s leading semiconductor companies, and we are pleased to have them as licensees,” said Hideyuki Ogata, executive manager of IP Bridge. “IP Bridge has dedicated significant resources to building a portfolio of over 700 worldwide semiconductor assets and these settlements reinforce the breadth and quality of our portfolio.”
【About IP Bridge】
At IP Bridge, our focus is on promoting technological innovation and cooperation within Japan and around the world. We’ve worked with our investors, including Innovation Network Corporation of Japan – a unique partnership between 26 major corporations and the Japanese government – to establish the first and largest fund in Japan (approximately $300M) aimed at global innovation and IP-related investments. Our mission is to activate and leverage high-quality, under-utilized intellectual property assets to the benefit of a variety of IP owners based in and outside of Japan. And our vision is that these activities will stimulate economic development and a healthy growth of industries worldwide.
We’ve worked with leading technology companies, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and universities to build large, high quality portfolios of 3,500 worldwide patents and growing, including patents in the fields of wireless communications, semiconductors, video codecs, display technologies, automotive technologies, robotics, home appliances, electric devices, healthcare, environment and energy, food technologies, and medical engineering.
Our world class team includes experienced professionals from IP and corporate management of major technology companies, investment funds, financial institutions, and law firms. We have the global experience and relationships to provide comprehensive IP services, including IP-based business incubation, monetization, licensing and financing to generate revenue and fuel innovation and business expansion, syndicated transactions to remove potential IP risks to our clients, and IP consulting services to build IP strategies, maximize IP value, and best position our clients for success.