What Aequitas Technologies does

Aequitas Technologies LLC is a contingency patent licensing company that operates as an exclusive licensing agent for inventors, patent-holding companies, and small operating companies. Founded and led by CEO Dooyong Lee, the company identifies patent infringement matters, performs rigorous due diligence (accepting less than 5% of inquiries), and pursues licensing and enforcement at its own expense. Upon successful monetization, Aequitas shares net proceeds 50/50 with clients after reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs. The company currently manages 20+ licensing/litigation campaigns and has generated over $1.4 billion for more than 250 clients across its licensing operations, with stated annual revenue of $100+ million.

The company's core product is end-to-end patent monetization services, including due diligence on patent portfolios, filing of continuations to develop new claims with better infringement coverage, aggressive licensing negotiations, and litigation enforcement when necessary. Aequitas is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Its value proposition rests on the CEO's 20+ years of experience including 1,000+ managed infringement lawsuits, 2,000+ license/settlement transactions, and prior corporate licensing executive experience at AT&T/Lucent Technologies. Company disclosures highlight successful outcomes including eight-figure settlements within ten months of filing, multiple seven-figure settlements despite 10+ inter partes reviews, and pre-litigation telephone settlements leveraging the CEO's transaction history with specific counterparties.

The company is headquartered at 17875 Von Karman Ave., Suite 150, Irvine, California, and operates as a private LLC with no disclosed external institutional investors. The core team listed includes the founder/CEO plus four members (Anuj Arora, Jack Liu, Joe Nguyen, Kimberly Bode). Representative licensees span major technology, telecommunications, healthcare, financial services, and automotive sectors, including Adobe, Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Bank of America, Cisco, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Medtronic, BMW, and Verizon. The business model is entirely B2B with global geographic reach, focused on direct client engagement and direct licensing/settlement negotiations with no intermediaries or distribution partners.

Name

Aequitas Technologies

Legal name

Aequitas Technologies LLC

Website

https://aequitastech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Aequitas Technologies LLC is a contingency patent licensing company that acts as exclusive licensing agent for inventors and patent-holding companies, bearing all enforcement costs and sharing net proceeds 50/50 with clients upon successful monetization of patent infringement claims.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Patent Licensing Services

NAICS

Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) (533)

SIC

Patent Owners & Lessors (6794)

akta.pro primary industry

IP Licensing, Transactions & Technology Transfer (BPAHAMAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

IP Compliance, Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement (BPAHAMAK), IP Valuation, Damages & Royalty Analysis (BPAHAMAH)

Keywords

• Patent licensing
• Patent enforcement
• Contingency licensing
• Intellectual property monetization
• Patent litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Contingency Patent Licensing: Aequitas operates on a contingency fee basis where fees and expenses are paid only upon successful monetization. In a typical arrangement, they become exclusive licensing agents and take responsibility for licensing and enforcement at their own expense. Upon successful monetization, they share net proceeds 50/50 with clients after reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Aequitas Technologies operates as a contingency patent licensing agent that helps inventors and patent owners collect damages and royalties from patent infringers. The firm becomes the exclusive licensing agent, bears all licensing and enforcement expenses at its own cost, and upon successful monetization shares net proceeds 50/50 with the client after reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs. The firm currently manages 20+ licensing/litigation campaigns and has obtained numerous seven- and eight-figure settlements.

Product overview

Aequitas Technologies offers contingency patent licensing services as its primary and sole product offering. The company functions as a specialized licensing agent for inventors and patent owners, providing end-to-end patent monetization services including due diligence, licensing negotiations, and litigation enforcement. They currently manage 20+ licensing/litigation campaigns and have achieved $100+ million in annual revenue through seven and eight-figure settlements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• $1.4 billion generated for over 250 clients
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• InterDigital: Public mobile and video technology R&D and licensing company that derives most revenue from patent licensing. Direct peer because it sells patent licenses to the same enterprise technology and telecom customers that appear on Aequitas's licensee list.
• Ocean Tomo (J.S. Held): IP consulting, valuation and transaction firm offering IP due diligence, licensing support and patent sale services. Direct peer because it competes with Aequitas for IP-monetization mandates from patent owners and serves overlapping enterprise clients.
• Acacia Research Group: Contingency patent licensing company that monetizes patent portfolios through licensing and litigation. Direct peer because it operates the same exclusive-agent 50/50-style contingency model and was previously led by Aequitas's CEO, who scaled it from $4M to $251M in revenue.
• Intellectual Ventures: Large-scale IP investment and licensing firm that acquires, licenses and enforces patents across technology sectors. Direct peer because it operates a portfolio licensing model targeting many of the same enterprise licensees as Aequitas.
• Marathon Patent Group: Patent acquisition and licensing company focused on monetizing portfolios through licensing campaigns and litigation. Direct peer because it operates an NPE-style contingency licensing model targeting many of the same large enterprise infringers Aequitas pursues.
• Pendrell Corporation: Intellectual property investment and advisory firm that acquires and licenses patents. Direct peer because it shares Aequitas's model of IP investment and licensing services targeting large technology and media enterprises.
• WiLAN (1347 Capital): Patent licensing company that acquires and licenses technology patents to major corporations. Direct peer because it shares Aequitas's business model of monetizing third-party patent assets through licensing programs targeting large technology users.

Others

• Allied Security Trust: Defensive patent-buying consortium whose members (mostly large technology companies) acquire patents at auction to neutralize them. Adjacent counterparty because it competes for the same patent assets Aequitas seeks to license and helps define the assertable-patent market.

Broad incumbents

• Unified Patents: Patent defense organization that challenges low-quality patents at the PTAB on behalf of member technology companies. Broad incumbent because it actively counters the kind of assertion campaigns Aequitas runs, reducing the firm's settlement leverage.
• RPX Corporation: Defensive patent aggregator that acquires patents to keep them out of litigation by NPEs and operating companies. Broad incumbent because it sits on the opposite side of Aequitas's value proposition, materially shaping the supply of assertable patents available to license.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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