Earlier
today Dale Halling, of Halling IP
and State of Innovation Blog, brought
to my attention an article on the IAM Magazine Blog from a few weeks
ago. Joff Wild of IAM blogged about a study conducted by
IPVision, Inc., which focused on
analyzing the intellectual property positions of over 9,000 US venture
capital backed technology companies. The study was conducted with the
assistance of faculty at the MIT Sloan School
of Management, and not surprisingly determined that there is a strong correlation between intellectual property assets, particularly strong patent portfolios, and success. In fact, the IPVision study shows that VC-backed technology “[w]inners are many times more likely to hold intellectual property than losers.” Further proof that those who due to ideological reasons forgo pursuing a patent portfolio are dooming themselves, and their investors, to an unnecessary uphill struggle right from the start.
According to the IPVision study:
Analysis shows that across all sectors a significantly higher percentage of venture capital backed winners (companies that have been acquired or have gone public) have patent portfolios as opposed to losers (companies that are out of business
To read the full, original article click on this link: Show Me the IP! Venture Capital Success Based on Patents | IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law
Author: Gene Quinn
