Intellectual Ventures

Intellectual Ventures

Intellectual Ventures is a private company founded in 2000 to invest in "pure invention." Its goal is to develop a large patent portfolio rather than to actually develop new systems. Its employees are predominantly patent attorneys, physicists, engineers and biotechnologists. They also have hired prominent scientists to perform invention including Robert Langer of MIT, Leroy Hood of the Institute for Systems Biology, Ed Harlow of Harvard Medical School, Danny Hillis of Applied Minds, and Sir John Pendry of Imperial College.

Intellectual Ventures was founded by Nathan Myhrvold and Edward Jung of Microsoft, Peter Detkin of Intel, and Gregory Gorder of Perkins Coie, a Seattle-based law firm. They reportedly have raised over $10 billion from many large companies including Microsoft, Intel, Sony, Nokia, Apple, Google and eBay. Estimates range between 1,000 and 5,000 purchased patents and hundreds of original inventions. Investors gain protection from being sued over these patents, but the Intellectual Ventures intends to impose royalties on other companies. [ [http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132174-c,opensource/article.html "Ubuntu: Microsoft is Patent Pal"] by Matthew Broersma, PCWorld - 23 May 2007]

See also

* Eolas

External links

* [http://www.intellectualventures.com/ Intellectual Ventures] - Main web site.
* The New Yorker, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_gladwell "Annals of Innovation: In the Air"] , by Malcolm Gladwell, May 12, 2008
* Intellectual Asset Management Article (cover), [http://www.intven.com/docs/IAM_Issue_19_Cover_Story.pdf "IV Moves from Myth to Reality"] , by Victoria Slind-Flor, August 2006 (PDF)
* BusinessWeek Article (cover), [http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_27/b3991401.htm "Microsoft Inside Nathan Myhrvold's Mysterious New Idea Machine"] , July 3, 2006
* CNN Article, [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/07/10/8380798/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote "Who's afraid of Nathan Myhrvold?"] , Jun 26, 2006
* IP Law & Business Article (cover), [http://www.intven.com/docs/02505060001IntVen.pdf "Mind Games"] , by Lisa Lerer, May 2006 (PDF)
* Boston Globe Article, [http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/04/03/inventing_the_future/ "To boost innovation, firm networks scholars"] , April 3, 2006
* Forbes Article, [http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2005/1114/166.html/ Patent Stalker] , November 14 2005 (Summary)
* CNET News Article, [http://news.com.com/Microsoft+alums+amass+thousands+of+patents/2100-1014_3-5929360.html?tag=nefd.lede/ "Microsoft alums amass thousands of patents"] , November 3, 2005
* Newsweek Article, [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6478691/site/newsweek/ Factory of the Future?] , by Brad Stone, November 2004 - Main source for this article.

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