Peter Detkin draws a distinction between patent trolls and IV, discussing "frivolous" litigation and "real party in interest." His conclusion: one-size does not fit all. Read More

Patents have been in the news again and as is often the case there is a lot of emotion in the coverage. With the recent White House action and numerous bills being introduced, we pulled some articles from the week that offer what we believe to be a more balanced view into the current state of the patent market as well as some alternative views and opinions on many of the proposed changes. Read More

In response to This American Life’s updated story, “When Patents Attack Part 2,” Intellectual Ventures would like to set the record straight particularly with regard to some of the misinformation and speculation the story included about our company. Read More

Yesterday I took part in a live Slashdot Q&A. Given my strong pro-patent views, my role as CEO of Intellectual Ventures (IV), and the fact that I spent much of my earlier career at Microsoft, my appearance raised a few eyebrows. Read More

As companies incorporate more and more features and capabilities into their products, assembling a patent portfolio on their own that covers them all can be challenging. More than a dozen years ago, the founders of Intellectual Ventures recognized this serious business challenge. We raised more than $5 billion from the investment community, and built a new type of business model to address it. Read More