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Seattle Hosts Licensing Executives Society

May 22, 2013

Seattle Hosts Licensing Executives Society

Last week, our fair city of Seattle hosted the Licensing Executives Society (LES) annual Spring Meeting. LES is an independent, professional organization that facilitates global IP commerce, and their conferences always mark an important event in Intellectual Ventures’ calendar for the insight they offer into issues that span industries and invention areas.

Kymeta Named a Top 50 Disruptive Company by CNBC

May 17, 2013

Kymeta Named a Top 50 Disruptive Company by CNBC

Kymeta Corporation, Intellectual Ventures’ second spin-out company, has been recognized by CNBC’s Squawk Box program as one of the fifty most disruptive private, venture-backed companies.

The Final Frontier?

May 16, 2013

The Final Frontier?

In honor of National Inventors Month, we have put together a compilation of incredible young inventors who have already begun inventing progress and finding their own Eureka! moments. Take a moment to be impressed by what these young people have already accomplished.

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May 24, 2013

Intellectual Ventures Announces Patent Agreement with Salesforce.com

Intellectual Ventures (IV®) announced today it has entered into an intellectual property agreement with enterprise cloud computing leader salesforce.com.

April 29, 2013

Study Finds American Businesses Value Patents

Intellectual Ventures commissioned market research on intellectual property perceptions and behaviors among C-suite executives in the U.S. to better understand their current views on patents and the growing intellectual property industry.

April 10, 2013

Intellectual Ventures Reaches Settlement, License Agreement with Check Point

Intellectual Ventures (IV®) and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. have reached a settlement agreement that resolves all pending patent infringement litigation between the companies.

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May 12, 2013

Bill Gates 2.0

Charlie Rose interviewed Bill Gates for CBS’ 60 Minutes, profiling his entrepreneurship and philanthropic work. The piece includes Gates’ work with IV Lab, Global Good, and TerraPower.

May 03, 2013

Gates, Myhrvold tap startup vet to lead ‘Global Good’ technology initiative

GeekWire’s Todd Bishop spoke with IV’s new VP of Global Good about his vision for the work and recent progress with inventions in the field.

April 29, 2013

Most execs like patents, Intellectual Ventures study says

Intellectual Ventures, one of the world's biggest patent holders, puts out research suggesting companies are big on patents.

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May 23