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Intellectual Property

Dec. 10, 2010

Intellectual Ventures Files Patent Suits

For a decade, Intellectual Ventures has acquired and licensed patents without ever filing a lawsuit. That changed Wednesday, when it filed three patent infringement complaints against nine technology companies.


By Craig Anderson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


PALO ALTO - For a decade, Intellectual Ventures has acquired and licensed patents without ever filing a lawsuit. That changed Wednesday when the Bellevue, Wa.-based company abandoned its no-litigation strategy and filed three patent infringement complaints in the District of Delaware against nine technology companies, a majority of which are based or have operations in California.


The company has hi...

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