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Welcome to IV® Insights, the Intellectual Ventures corporate blog. IV Insights will give you information about what is happening at IV as well as our insights on industry news and events.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

World's Biggest Paints and Coatings Company Works With IV to Source New Inventions

By Tim Londergan

Today we announced that we have entered into a joint agreement with Akzo Nobel N.V. (AkzoNobel) to develop new technologies for the ...

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Monday, May 14, 2012

IV Collaborates with NVIDIA to Acquire Essential Wireless Patents

This morning we announced a partnership with NVIDIA to jointly acquire a portfolio wireless communications patents developed and owned by IPWireless, a pioneer in wireless ...

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

IV Signs Cypress as Latest Customer

Earlier this week it was announced that Cypress Semiconductor is our newest licensing customer. A billion dollar annual business, Cypress is a leading semiconductor design ...

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Wednesday, May 09, 2012

IV Remembers Kenichi Fuse

This week at the IV Japan office we were saddened to learn that one of the most prolific inventors in our global inventor network, Mr. ...

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Monday, May 07, 2012

IV Amends Patent Infringement Complaint Against Wireless Service Providers to Include U.S. Cellular

Today Intellectual Ventures filed an amended complaint for patent infringement against U.S. Cellular in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. The amended ...

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Thursday, April 26, 2012

April 26 is World Intellectual Property Day

At Intellectual Ventures we believe that ideas are valuable, and that intellectual property can help put great ideas to work. That’s why we’re proud to ...

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

News You Can Use

For April’s News You Can Use, we are sharing some inspirational stories and updates on innovation, science and the job market for engineers. Check back ...

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Monday, April 16, 2012

White House Report Extolls Value of IP

By David Kris

“To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Rights to ...

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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

IV in the News: Interviews with Adriane Brown and Nathan Myhrvold

Beyond their leadership roles at Intellectual Ventures, IV executives are often asked to share their personal insights in the realms of intellectual property, science and ...

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Inventor Spotlight: Dr. Eric Leuthardt, Neurosurgeon and Biomedical Engineer

Dr. Eric Leuthardt is one of Intellectual Ventures’ senior inventors, a cross-disciplinary group of some of the world’s top scientific minds. In his day ...

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