IP Bridge, Inc. announced that Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 (“IP Bridge”), an IP fund and wholly-owned subsidiary of IP Bridge, Inc., has purchased a portfolio of patents from a Japanese electronics company.

　The portfolio consists of patents related to video coding technologies such as H.264/AVC (Advanced Video Codec) and H.265/HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) standards. By this purchase of new patent portfolio, IP Bridge enhances synergy with its existing IP assets related to the standards and further drives its IP licensing activities.

【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.