IBM generates over $1 000 000 000.00 annually from IP licensing revenues without making a single product. Not bad if you ask me.
"With IP assets increasingly dominating market capitalization, IP management cannot be ignored by a company seeking to maintain a competitive advantage. As more companies analyze their IP and options for monetization, they will discover the value inherent in utilizing their IP as the new form of currency in today’s global technology-driven market."
http://www.cfjblaw.com/files/Publication/b295cc94-f0af-4c73-b749-9dde6aa537ac/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/a625fee3-9ae8-4512-9b9c-a31145f4d690/INTELLECTUAL_PROPERTY_&_TECHNOLOGY_NEWSFLASH__The_New_Currency__.pdf
"IP is now a lucrative market"
"Third-party IP will become a central part of every design."
http://agoracom.com/ir/POETTechnologies/forums/discussion/topics/617945-the-end-is-near/messages/1936249#message
or/and
http://semiengineering.com/the-end-is-near/
Well, to me PTI is a Third-party IP to GF, IBM, HP, BAE and so on.
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