SAN FRANCISCO/ WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Seven years ago, Intellectual Ventures bought a patent on technology that helps detect malicious software embedded in digital content. The price?

Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures is becoming more aggressive about getting its inventions into the marketplace through new companies in which it has an equity stake. Under co-founder and CEO ...

Bill Gates has backed another spinoff from Bellevue’s Intellectual Ventures, adding to his portfolio another communications company that uses metamaterials. Pivotal Commware is the fourth company ...

Nathan Myhrvold's patent-holding outfit lands its fourth major lawsuit-settlement deal in two months. Are companies learning that if you can't beat them, might as well join them? Jim Kerstetter has ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Intellectual Ventures is adding to its huge pile of patents ...

Volvo, the Swedish luxury vehicle manufacturer, was hit with a patent infringement lawsuit Thursday in Texas Western District Court. The court case, which pertains to a family of patents used in Volvo ...

Taking another step toward shedding its reputation as the tech industry’s most notorious patent troll, Intellectual Ventures is launching the first company from its incubator. The company’s ISF ...