Editing Intellectual Ventures (section)

==Overview==
In 2000, Intellectual Ventures was founded as a private partnership by [[Nathan Myhrvold]] and Edward Jung of [[Microsoft]], later joined by co-founders [[Peter Detkin]] of [[Intel]] and Gregory Gorder of [[Perkins Coie]]. The Intellectual Ventures Management Company is owned 40% [[Nathan Myhrvold]], 20% [[Peter Detkin]], 20% Gregory Gorder and 20% Edward Jung. They reportedly have raised over $5.5 billion from many large companies including [[Microsoft]], [[Intel]], [[Sony]], [[Nokia]], [[Apple Computer|Apple]], [[Google]], [[Yahoo]], [[American Express]], [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]], [[SAP AG|SAP]], [[Nvidia]], and [[eBay]], plus investment firms such as [[Stanford]], [[Hewlett Foundation]], [[Mayo Clinic]], and [[Charles River Ventures]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patentlyo.com/financial-interest-in-iv.pdf|title=Defendants Certificate of Interest|date=2011-05-16|publisher=US District Court, N. California|access-date=2013-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006095916/http://www.patentlyo.com/financial-interest-in-iv.pdf|archive-date=2012-10-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 2013, the firm released a list of approximately 33,000 of the nearly 40,000 assets in their monetization program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://patents.intven.com/finder|title=Intellectual Ventures Find a Patent|date=2013-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.richardsonoliver.com/news/2014/6/4/whats-inside-ivs-patent-portfolio|title=What's Inside IV's Patent Portfolio|location=London| work=[[IAM Magazine]]|first=Kent|last=Richardson|date=2014-06-14}} Issue 66. July/August 2014</ref> Licenses to patents are obtained through investment and [[royalties]].<ref>[http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132174-c,opensource/article.html "Ubuntu: Microsoft is Patent Pal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525033805/http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132174-c,opensource/article.html |date=2007-05-25 }} by Matthew Broersma, PCWorld - 23 May 2007</ref> In March 2009, the firm announced expansion into China, India, Japan, Korea and Singapore to build partnerships with scientists and institutions in Asia.{{cn|date=December 2021}}
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