Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Faculty & Research
  • Faculty
  • Research
  • Featured Topics
  • Academic Units
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Faculty & Research→
Publications
Publications
  • February 2020
  • Case
  • HBS Case Collection

Intellectual Ventures Update 2020

By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:5
ShareBar

Abstract

After raising $6 billion and buying 60,000 patents, Intellectual Venture (IV) was confronted with a changing legal environment. After a number of important legal decisions, including the Supreme Court's so-called "Alice" decision, IV had to shift strategy. IV sold off a substantial portion of its IP portfolio and refocused its efforts on trying to innovate using its acquired technologies.

Keywords

Intellectual Property; Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Technology; Business Model; United States

Citation

Yoffie, David B., and Daniel Fisher. "Intellectual Ventures Update 2020." Harvard Business School Case 720-438, February 2020.
  • Educators
  • Purchase

About The Author

David B. Yoffie

Strategy
→More Publications

More from the Authors

    • April 2021
    • Faculty Research

    Social Media War 2021: Snap vs. Facebook vs. TikTok

    By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
    • April 2021
    • Faculty Research

    Social Media War 2021: Snap vs. Facebook vs. TikTok

    By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
    • January 2021
    • Faculty Research

    Bespoken Spirits: Disrupting Distilling

    By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
More from the Authors
  • Social Media War 2021: Snap vs. Facebook vs. TikTok By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
  • Social Media War 2021: Snap vs. Facebook vs. TikTok By: David B. Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
  • Bespoken Spirits: Disrupting Distilling By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher
ǁ
Campus Map
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College