Week 9 - Largest NPE's

Hi everyone! I wanted to take a look at these patent troll companies and their websites to see how they have positioned themselves in the patent world. These are pretty visible companies, and the average consumer (with no knowledge of patents or someone who has not taken this class) might get the wrong idea on what exactly these companies do.

Topping out the list of the NPE's with the biggest number of patents in their portfolio was a company called "Intellectual Ventures." What is extremely surprising is how far ahead they are of their competition for the number of patents in their portfolio! They hold almost 10x the amount of patents than their biggest competitor.

I wanted to do some more research on IV, and started off with their website! They call themselves a maker in the "invention economy," even though they do not produce anything themselves. Seems a bit fishy, and the entire website almost has a "propaganda-like" feeling to it.