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The Value of Patents in the World of IT

Written by: Mark Terry Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is preparing its estimated $16 Billion IPO by fortressing itself with patents. Although Alibaba has more than 1,900 issued patents and pending applications in Asia, it has also been aggressively filing patent applications in the U.S. China’s largest e-commerce company has obtained 102 U.S. patents, including 20 purchased from IBM Corp. Alibaba has 300 pending patent applications for technologies like product recommendations, payment processing and picture searches. Why the patent buying spree? If you’re an innovator like IBM, you obtain patents to protect the hard work and millions of dollars that has

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SHOULD PATENTS BE TREATED AS JUST ANOTHER INVESTMENT VEHICLE?

Written by: Mark Terry In light of all of the news about patent reform legislation and the backlash against Non-Practicing Entities (NPE) [you know … patent trolls], did you know that large corporations like Microsoft, Sony, Apple, Intel, and Google invest or have invested in patent funds? Why do they do it? Has it helped fuel infringement lawsuits? We explore these issues here.   Intellectual Ventures (IV) has opened funds to investors since 2000 and is currently courting investors to invest in its planned $3 billion fund for investing in patents. Microsoft and Sony have subscribed, but Intel and Apple

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