Intellectual Ventures Nanotechnology Patents

Sunday, February 1st, 2009

In a recent article from Nature Nanotechnology Intellectual Ventures is profiled as a company building a large patent portfolio in nanotechnology. Due to the large number of universities producing nanotech. patents this may be a good idea by providing a "one stop shopping" for both universities and companies in nanotechnology IP transactions. ...

The decline of venture capital and the rise of patent markets

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

So far 2008 has set a 30 year record for a minimum number of venture backed IPO's (5 in the first quarter and none in the second quarter). Meanwhile a consortium of large technology companies including Verizon, Google, Cisco, HP, and Ericsson have banded together to create Allied Security Trust (AST) which joins the ...