The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of RPX Corporation (the “Company”) should be free to make this choice any way that seems best for the Company at a given point in time.

The Board does not have a policy on whether the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman should be separate and, if they are to be separate, whether the Chairman should be selected from the non-employee directors or be an employee.

The Board periodically reviews the appropriate size of the overall Board.

The Board believes that there should be a substantial majority of independent directors on the Board. However, the Board believes that it may be useful and appropriate to have members of management, in addition to the Chief Executive Officer, as directors.

Each director designated as an independent director shall be independent in accordance with the applicable rules of The Nasdaq Global Market and the Securities and Exchange Commission. Because it is not possible to anticipate or explicitly provide for all potential conflicts of interest that may affect independence, the Board is also responsible for affirmatively determining that each independent director has no other material relationship with the Company or its affiliates or any executive officer of the Company or his or her affiliates. A relationship will be considered “material” if in the judgment of the Board it would interfere with the director’s independent judgment.

The Board may, from time to time, designate an independent director as the Lead Independent Director. The Lead Independent Director shall be responsible for calling special meetings of the independent directors, chairing all meetings of independent directors and performing such other responsibilities as shall be set forth in a written charter adopted by the Board or designated by a majority of the independent directors from time to time. Service as Lead Independent Director shall not exceed five consecutive years.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for reviewing with the Board from time to time the appropriate skills and guidelines required of Board members in the context of the current make-up of the Board. These guidelines and skills of the Board, as a whole, may include (i) various and relevant career experience, (ii) relevant skills, such as an understanding of the Company’s business, (iii) financial expertise, (iv) diversity and (v) local and community ties. The minimum qualifications and skills that each director should possess include (i) the highest professional and personal ethics and values, (ii) broad experience at the policy-making level in business, government, education, technology or public interest, (iii) a commitment to enhancing stockholder value and (iv) sufficient time to carry out his or her duties and to provide insight and practical wisdom based on experience. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee evaluates the foregoing factors, among others, and does not assign any particular weighting or priority to any of these factors.

The Board’s policy is to consider all bona fide director candidates recommended by stockholders of the Company. The Board has established the following procedures by which stockholders may submit recommendations of director candidates:

(a) To recommend a candidate for election to the Board, a stockholder must notify the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by writing to the General Counsel of the Company.

(b) Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth the following information:

(i) To the extent reasonably available, information relating to such director candidate that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in which such individual is a nominee for election to the Board;

(ii) The director candidate’s written consent to (A) if selected, be named in the Company’s proxy statement and proxy and (B) if elected, to serve on the Board; and

(iii) Any other information that such stockholder believes is relevant in considering the director candidate.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for regularly assessing the appropriate size of the Board and whether any vacancies on the Board are expected due to retirement or otherwise. In the event that vacancies are anticipated, or otherwise arise, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for considering various potential candidates for director. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee should consider bona fide candidates from all relevant sources, including current Board members, professional search firms, stockholders and other persons. As described above, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers bona fide director candidates recommended by stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for evaluating director candidates in light of the Board membership criteria described above, based on all relevant information and materials available to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. This includes information and materials provided by stockholders recommending director candidates, professional search firms and other parties.

All nominees for election to the Board shall be approved by a majority of the independent directors on the Board. The Board delegates the screening process involved to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, with the expectation that other members of the Board and management will be requested to take part in the process as appropriate.

The Board does not believe that directors who retire or change from the position they held when they came on the Board should necessarily leave the Board. There should, however, be an opportunity for the Board, via the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, to review the continued appropriateness of Board membership under these circumstances.

The Company values the experience directors bring from other boards on which they serve, but recognizes that those boards may also present demands on a director’s time and availability and may present conflicts or legal issues. Directors should advise the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee before accepting membership on other boards of directors or other significant commitments involving affiliation with other businesses or governmental units.

The Board does not believe it should establish term limits. While term limits could help insure that there are fresh ideas and viewpoints available to the Board, they hold the disadvantage of losing the contribution of directors who over time have developed increasing insight into the Company and its operations and therefore provide an increasing contribution to the Board as a whole.

The Board’s general policy is that Board compensation should be equity-based compensation. Inside directors will not be paid for Board membership in addition to their regular employee compensation. Independent directors may not receive consulting, advisory or other compensatory fees from the Company in addition to their Board compensation.

It is appropriate for the staff of the Company to report from time to time to the Compensation Committee on the status of Board compensation in relation to other similar U.S. companies. Changes in Board compensation, if any, should come at the suggestion of the Compensation Committee, but with full discussion and concurrence by the Board.

In accordance with the Company’s Bylaws, except in a contested election, a nominee must receive a majority of votes cast, as defined in the Bylaws, in order to be elected or re-elected to the Board. The Board expects a director to tender his or her resignation if he or she fails to receive the required number of votes. The Board shall nominate for election or re-election as director only candidates who have tendered, in advance of such nomination, an irrevocable, conditional resignation that will be effective only upon both (i) the failure to receive the required vote at the next stockholders’ meeting at which they face reelection and (ii) Board acceptance of such resignation. In addition, the Board shall fill director vacancies and new directorships only with candidates who agree to tender, promptly following their appointment to the Board, the same form of resignation tendered by other directors in accordance with this Board guideline.

If an incumbent director fails to receive the required vote for reelection, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will act on an expedited basis to determine whether to accept the director’s irrevocable, conditional resignation, and it will submit such recommendation for prompt consideration by the Board. The Board expects the director whose resignation is under consideration to abstain from participating in any decision regarding that resignation. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board may consider any factors they deem relevant in deciding whether to accept a director’s resignation.

The primary responsibilities of the Board are oversight, counseling and direction of the management of the Company in the interest and for the benefit of the Company’s stockholders. The Board’s detailed responsibilities include:

(a) Selecting, regularly evaluating the performance of, and approving the compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and other senior executives;

(b) Planning for succession with respect to the position of Chief Executive Officer and monitoring management’s succession planning for other senior executives;

(c) Reviewing and, where appropriate, approving the Company’s major financial objectives, strategic and operating plans and actions;

(d) Overseeing the conduct of the Company’s business to evaluate whether the business is being properly managed;

Regular Board meetings are scheduled in advance and typically held at least four (4) times per year. In addition to regularly scheduled meetings, additional Board meetings may be called upon appropriate notice at any time to address specific needs of the Company. The Board may also take action from time to time by unanimous written consent.

The Chairman of the Board or Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the other members of the Board, shall draft the agenda for each meeting and distribute it in advance to the Board. Each director may propose the inclusion of items on the agenda, request the presence of or a report by any member of the Company’s management or at any Board meeting raise subjects that are not on the agenda for that meeting.

Information and data that is important to the Board’s understanding of the business should, to the extent practicable, be distributed to the Board in writing or electronically before the Board meets. Supplemental written materials will be provided to the Board on a periodic basis and at any time upon request of Board members.

As a general rule, materials on specific subjects should, to the extent practicable, be sent to the Board members in advance so that Board meeting time may be conserved and discussion time focused on questions that the Board has about the material. Sensitive subject matters may be discussed at the meeting without written or electronic materials being distributed in advance or at the meeting.

The Board has complete access to any employee of the Company and its subsidiaries.

The Board encourages management to schedule managers to present at Board meetings who: (i) can provide additional insight into the items being discussed because of personal involvement in these areas or (ii) have future potential that management believes should be given exposure to the Board.

The Board’s policy is to have a separate meeting time for the independent directors at each regularly scheduled meeting of the Board. The Chairman (if independent) or the Lead Independent Director (to the extent one has been appointed) will assume the responsibility of chairing the regularly scheduled meetings of independent directors.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, with the assistance of management, is responsible for new director orientation programs. The orientation programs should be designed to familiarize new directors with the Company’s businesses, strategies and challenges and to assist new directors in developing and maintaining skills necessary or appropriate for the performance of their responsibilities. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may also arrange for continuing education programs for Board members that may include a mix of in-house and third-party presentations and programs.

The regular committees are the Audit, Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. There will, from time to time, be occasions on which the Board may want to form a new committee or disband a current committee depending upon the circumstances.

As outlined more specifically in the Audit Committee Charter, the Audit Committee oversees the Company’s accounting practices, system of internal controls, audit processes and financial reporting processes.

As outlined more specifically in the Compensation Committee Charter, the Compensation Committee discharges certain responsibilities of the Board relating primarily to executive compensation and makes recommendations to the Board regarding its remaining responsibilities relating primarily to executive compensation.

As outlined more specifically in the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (i) oversees the nomination of directors for service on the Board and its committees and other related matters and (ii) reviews and considers developments in corporate governance practices and recommends to the Board a set of effective corporate governance policies and procedures applicable to the Company.

The Board is responsible for the appointment of committee members and committee chairpersons. Committee assignments are reviewed annually and it is expected that committee assignments will rotate from time to time among the Board members.

The Chairman of the Board or Lead Independent Director, in consultation with the committee chairs and appropriate members of management, will determine the frequency and length of the committee meetings and develop the committee agendas. The agendas and meeting minutes of the committees, will be shared with the full Board, and other Board members are welcome to attend committee meetings.

The Compensation Committee conducts, and reviews with the independent directors, an evaluation annually in connection with the determination of the salary and executive bonus of all Section 16 officers (including the Chief Executive Officer).

The Chief Executive Officer reviews succession planning and management development with the Board on an annual basis.

The Board believes that management speaks for the Company. Individual Board members may, from time to time, meet or otherwise communicate with various constituencies that are involved with the Company, but it is expected that Board members would do this with the knowledge of management and, in most instances, at the request of management.

The Board believes that stockholders should have an opportunity to send communications to the Board.

Any communication from a stockholder to the Board generally or a particular director should be in writing and should be delivered to the General Counsel or Chief Financial Officer of the Company at the principal executive offices of the Company. Each such communication should set forth (i) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Company’s books, and if the stock is held by a nominee, the name and address of the beneficial owner of the stock and (ii) the class and number of shares of the Company’s stock that are owned of record by such record holder and beneficially by such beneficial owner.

The person receiving such stockholder communication shall, in consultation with appropriate directors as necessary, generally screen out communications from stockholders to identify communications that (i) are solicitations for products and services, (ii) matters of a personal nature not relevant for stockholders or (iii) matters that are of a type that render them improper or irrelevant to the functioning of the Board and the Company.