SIM IP Is Building a China Trade Out of Patents, Not Products
Miami, United States, July 27th, 2026, FinanceWire
Is there another China trade coming? One contrarian answer in finance says yes, and it has nothing to do with stocks, supply chains, or tariffs. It is patents.
SIM IP, the Miami-based intellectual property investment firm led by Erich Spangenberg, has spent the past fifteen months buying patent portfolios at a pace its industry rarely sees. People close to the firm describe a deliberate focus on patents sourced from Chinese technology companies, in the areas where European patent enforcement now bites hardest. The firm operates as a principal, buying with its own capital rather than earning fees on other people’s money. Together, the purchases look less like a licensing business and more like a directional trade.
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