Intellectual Ventures has a diverse portfolio of patents
that they license out to companies from several industries. Licensing is their
main source of revenue. However, Symantec, the popular computers based security
system, does not see the need to respect three patents. So, Intellectual
Ventures is suing Symantec for infringement. One interesting thing about this
case is where all the patents originated. Intellectual Ventrues has acquired
most of their patents from small tech companies that were shutting down, others
from transferring company hands, and some from individuals who made the patent
in their backyard. Intellectual Venures is very good at scouting for discounted
patents. They gather patents from different
industries and companies in order to control many functions of one specific industry.
I can imagine a company like this having extremely high profit margins and a
lot of power.
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2013/03/intellectual-ventures-v-symantec.html
No comments:
Post a Comment