What will the IP landscape look like in the future

Brian Bailey, EETimes
5/9/2013 1:43 PM EDT

When I was preparing for the IP focus period, I send out a set of question to many people in the industry. If you did not get those questions sent to you and would like to receive such calls for input in the future, just drop me an email and I will add you to my distribution list.

I will be providing the responses I received in a series of articles. Today the question is:

When the 3rd party IP market/business was first conceived, it was a bunch of small startups plus a few more established players. Significant consolidation has happened and a lot of IP is now supplied by the EDA companies. What do you think the IP landscape will look like in the future? Who owns it?

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