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Chinese Investors Keen On IP Assets

April 23, 2015

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A recent deal between Philips and a Chinese-led investment consortium is noteworthy not only for its size and impact on the LED industry, but as an example of what IAM writer Jack Ellis sees as a trend: More IP-focused investment from Chinese private equity firms. In the recently announced deal, Philips will sell an 80.1 percent stake in its Lumileds lighting components unit to Chinese-led investment consortium GO Scale Capital for $3.3 billion. That sale includes the transfer of a portfolio of more than 600 patent families, which is expected to leave Lumileds holding one of the largest portfolios of LED-related patents in the world.

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