The latest study purporting to shine a light on patents and the invention economy is a survey conducted by UC Berkeley’s Robin Feldman and Stanford’s Mark Lemley. We’ve been pointing out for years that sound data supporting the need for further changes to patent enforceability is lacking, so we were curious to see what these two academics might say about patent licensing and its relationship to innovation. Read More

From building new centers to awarding grants in key areas, this week’s News You Can Use includes stories about universities that are investing in invention. Read More

2015 brings two early and notable milestones for the Global Good and IV Lab teams’ work to commercialize a passive vaccine storage device: a stamp of approval from the World Health Organization and branding transition to our manufacturing partner in China, AUCMA. Read More

This week’s News You Can Use features stories about inventions and inventors. Intellectual Ventures deeply appreciates the hard work and intellect that men and women across the country apply each day to developing new ideas that improve the world. Read More

Meet the men and women whose hard work and new ideas enable transformative innovations.

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