2020 Cybersecurity Patent Market

Key Cybersecurity Patent Market Insights

● Increased cybersecurity patent divestment and licensing activity expected due to (1) the increased number of patent filings each year for 10 years straight; (2) the massive cybersecurity investment funding since 2015; and (3) the growing number of cybersecurity companies unable to find a market fit.

● Global spending on cyber products and services forecasted to exceed $1T between 2017—2021.

● Over 90% of cybersecurity patent litigation attributed to NPE activity since 2012.

● Bank of America has been awarded more than twice as many cybersecurity patents in the U.S. than any other tech company.

● One major law firm (Finnegan) is projecting that cyber patent wars are on the horizon due to both the growing market and inherent ease of detectable infringement in some segments.