With D.C. hotly debating what’s required for the next phase of U.S. economic growth this week, we were reminded of the excellent work of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institute earlier this year, with the publication of “Patenting Prosperity: Invention and Economic Performance in the United States and its Metropolitan Areas” Read More

Earlier this month, we released the results of a survey that measured the American public’s perception of inventors’ impact, and noted with interest two new reports by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on invention trends around the world. Read More

At Intellectual Ventures, we believe that inventors play a crucial role in society and our economy. Turns out, the American public does too. In March 2013 and June 2013, during two periods of intense debate over inventor rights in the U.S. patent system, we commissioned real-time polling from Crowdverb to understand where public opinion fell on some of the issues at stake. Read More

National Inventors Month is coming to a close, but Intellectual Ventures, along with many other organizations, will continue celebrating inventors and providing resources to support their continued innovations. Read More

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. Read More