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The Future of Invention – What's at Risk
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The Future of Invention – What's at Risk

Adam Mossoff and Nathan Myhrvold
Intellectual Ventures, 2013
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8

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  • Inspiring

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In this inspiring interview, Intellectual Ventures founder Nathan Myhrvold explains to George Mason University law professor Adam Mossoff how investing in technological inventions benefits investors, inventors and humanity. Each year, Intellectual Ventures provides a number of inventors with the capital they need, so they can focus on their projects. It also takes care of patents and production. Enough of the inventions succeed that the investments prove profitable overall. getAbstract recommends their discussion to venture capitalists, inventors and anyone interested in how inventions can make our world a better place.

Take-Aways

  • Intellectual Ventures manages $6 billion of investment funds, which it uses to bankroll new and existing inventions.
  • The company has created a new capital market, but instead of buying stock in businesses, it buys patents.
  • It is one of the foremost filers of patents in the world, holding more than 1,200 technology patents.

About the Authors

Nathan Myhrvold is the founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures. Adam Mossoff is a co-director of academic programs and senior scholar of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

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