Thursday, July 31, 2014

7/31/2014 Market Wrap

News:
IDCC will hold an investors day in NYC on 9/4/2014
MARA will release Q2 2014 earnings on 8/14 after the close
UPIP will release FY Q4 2014 earnings on 8/14 after the close
Filings:
Nothing to Report
Trading Commentary:
The IP sector mostly ignored the big broad market move down
today closing down .6%.  TSRA is largely responsible as it traded
up nearly 10% on high volume.
FNJN continues to rally off recent lows closing up 6%.
MARA was strong all day closing up 2.4%.
PRKR continues to trade weak as it heads through the appeal process
closing down 6%.
SPEX continues to look for a bottom, which I note volume is
decreasing indicating it might be close.  Shares closed down 2.8%.
VHC was mostly green all day on light volume and closed almost
unchanged.
Ticker $CHG %CHG  Volume      Closing 
Price
ACTG  $      (0.24) -1.90%         486,800  $17.06
BCYP.OB  $ (0.0015) -1.12%           58,400  $0.1330
CLGL  $ (0.0025) -15.15%     1,531,500  $0.0140
COPY.OB  unch  unch           25,200  $0.259
CRDS  $      (0.08) -2.76%           36,000  $2.82
DSS     $      (0.02) -1.50%           80,800  $1.31
EDIG.OB  unch  unch           31,700  $0.0372
ENIP  $ (0.0010) -7.14%         393,900  $0.0130
INVT (EONC)  $      (0.30) -14.63%         149,100  $1.75
FNJN.OB  $        0.22 6.66%           16,800  $3.65
IDCC  $      (1.71) -3.73%         347,300  $44.09
MARA.OB  $        0.28 2.43%           17,200  $11.78
MGT  $        0.08 11.94%           34,100  $0.75
NTIP  $      (0.01) -0.50%             2,400  $2.00
OTIV  $      (0.10) -4.57%         201,600  $2.09
PCO   $      (0.04) -2.65%         375,200  $1.47
PPRO  unch  unch  N/A   $2.81
PRKR  $      (0.08) -6.02%     1,293,000  $1.25
PTNT  $        0.01 0.26%           15,800  $3.08
RMBS  $      (0.45) -3.76%         827,600  $11.51
SITO.OB  $ (0.0100) -2.44%           75,700  $0.40
SPEX   $      (0.04) -2.88%         615,300  $1.35
STRP  $      (0.13) -1.30%           39,500  $9.87
TIVO  $      (0.45) -3.24%         826,200  $13.46
TSRA  $        2.19 9.43%     2,954,400  $25.41
UPIP  unch  unch     1,059,500  $2.00
VHC   $      (0.04) -0.29%         358,300  $13.98
VRNG  $      (0.13) -3.83%         790,100  $3.26
WDDD.OB  $ (0.0020) -1.25%           83,100  $0.16
WILN   unch  unch           82,500  $3.22

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

7/30/2014 Market Wrap

News:
Tessera (TSRA) announced they have signed a new patent license
with Micron.
Filings:
Nothing to Report
Trading Commentary:
The sector traded very well today, which mostly ignored the 
broad markets move down today.  Volume was very light today
with not much volatility in just about everything.
TSRA is trading up 14% after announcing a new deal with Micron.
VRNG traded very strong in the afternoon and closed up almost 7%
on a little over 1M shares.
WILN traded strong all day after reporting an earnings beat before
the market opened. Shares closed up 2.5%.
Ticker $CHG %CHG  Volume      Closing 
Price
ACTG  $      (0.11) -0.63%         541,800  $17.43
BCYP.OB  $   0.0030 2.28%         388,200  $0.1345
CLGL  unch  unch  N/A   $0.0165
COPY.OB  unch  unch  N/A   $0.259
CRDS  $      (0.05) -1.69%           48,100  $2.90
DSS     $      (0.03) -2.21%           65,700  $1.33
EDIG.OB  $ (0.0023) -5.82%         151,600  $0.0372
ENIP  $ (0.0001) -0.71%             9,100  $0.0140
INVT (EONC)  $      (0.01) -0.55%           71,300  $1.87
FNJN.OB  $        0.02 0.65%           10,500  $3.42
IDCC  $        0.63 1.39%         260,200  $45.80
MARA.OB  $      (0.15) -1.29%           16,300  $11.50
MGT  $        0.02 3.08%           24,500  $0.67
NTIP  $        0.01 0.50%           18,300  $2.01
OTIV  $      (0.02) -0.90%           49,800  $2.19
PCO   $      (0.01) -0.66%           76,500  $1.51
PPRO  $      (0.04) -1.40%             1,200  $2.81
PRKR  $        0.01 0.76%         809,400  $1.33
PTNT  $        0.02 0.72%             1,100  $3.07
RMBS  $      (0.13) -1.08%         529,800  $11.96
SITO.OB  $ (0.0100) -2.38%         105,500  $0.41
SPEX   $      (0.02) -1.42%         582,900  $1.39
STRP  $        0.26 2.67%           24,700  $10.00
TIVO  $        0.17 1.24%         880,900  $13.91
TSRA  $        0.38 1.66%         203,700  $23.22
UPIP  unch  unch         110,700  $2.00
VHC   $      (0.34) -2.40%         163,100  $13.80
VRNG  $        0.22 6.94%     1,007,900  $3.39
WDDD.OB  unch  unch           47,700  $0.16
WILN   $        0.08 2.55%         336,300  $3.22

7/30/2014 Pre-Market News

Finjan (FNJN) announced they will be presenting at three investor conferences in August and September.

Inventergy (INVT) announced they will be presenting at the FSX Investment Conference on August 1, 2014.

MarathonPG (MARA) had coverage initiated with a buy and $17 price target by HC Wainwright.

Wilan (WILN) reported Q2 2014 earnings, which exceeded guidance.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

7/29/2014 Market Wrap

News:
SPEX announced an update on their litigation campaigns.
VHC announced that three more IPRs were terminated at the
PTAB
WILN announced a patent partnership with Adapt IP Ventures.
Filings:
Nothing to Report
Trading Commentary:
The sector closed slightly negative today in conjunction with the overall
market.
ACTG was weak all day and closed down 3.85% on average volume.
TIVO was fairly strong all day, which helped support the sector
closing up 2.6% on average volume.
VHC finally broke its streak of red days as it closed up almost
2%.
Ticker $CHG %CHG  Volume      Closing 
Price
ACTG  $      (0.70) -3.84%         740,500  $17.54
BCYP.OB  $ (0.0060) -4.36%         295,000  $0.1315
CLGL  $   0.0005 3.13%         192,500  $0.0165
COPY.OB  $   0.0050 2.00%           63,500  $0.255
CRDS  $        0.10 3.51%           67,200  $2.95
DSS     $      (0.02) -1.45%           71,400  $1.36
EDIG.OB  $   0.0005 1.28%         103,300  $0.0395
ENIP  $   0.0012 7.74%         245,100  $0.0167
INVT (EONC)  $      (0.18) -8.78%         178,100  $1.87
FNJN.OB  $        0.05 1.49%             7,000  $3.40
IDCC  $        0.32 0.71%         313,100  $45.17
MARA.OB  $      (0.49) -4.10%         115,700  $11.65
MGT  $        0.01 1.56%           46,700  $0.65
NTIP  $      (0.01) -0.50%           21,000  $2.00
OTIV  $        0.01 0.45%           87,400  $2.21
PCO   $      (0.05) -3.18%           95,200  $1.52
PPRO  $      (0.05) -1.72%                 100  $2.85
PRKR  unch  unch         951,100  $1.32
PTNT  $      (0.04) -1.32%           13,200  $3.00
RMBS  $        0.04 0.39%         410,800  $12.18
SITO.OB  $   0.0100 2.44%           22,500  $0.42
SPEX   $      (0.07) -4.73%         933,800  $1.41
STRP  $      (0.06) -0.61%         100,200  $9.74
TIVO  $        0.35 2.61%     1,104,400  $13.74
TSRA  $      (0.23) -1.00%         245,700  $22.84
UPIP  unch  unch         443,100  $1.97
VHC   $        0.27 1.95%         389,500  $14.14
VRNG  $      (0.02) -0.62%         877,900  $3.23
WDDD.OB  $ (0.0030) -1.84%         235,500  $0.16
WILN   $        0.05 1.62%           89,300  $3.14