Everyone wants to know how to build the next Silicon Valley: an innovation hub that draws talent and capital, and that creates jobs, companies, and whole new industries. Many policymakers are overlooking an essential ingredient: demand. Read More

Interviews from both Intellectual Ventures’ CEO and President appeared within the last week on the topic of the patent market and invention economy. Read More

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

The invention marketplace relies heavily on innovation—in fact, it’s encompassed in innovation. Intellectual Ventures not only supports innovation, we participate in it and celebrate its successes. Read More