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Intellectual Ventures Update 2020

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

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David B. Yoffie

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