Slowly but surely, Intellectual Ventures, the enormous patent holding company founded by former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold, is giving up some of its secrets. This week IV coughed up one of the most coveted of those secrets: a list of about 60 of its major investors. [Hat tip: Patently-O.]
IV and its lawyers at Desmarais LLP and Black & Washko were ordered to produce the list by San Francisco federal district court judge Susan Illston, who’s presiding over a declaratory judgment suit against IV that chip maker Xilinx filed in February. The company’s May 16 filing shows that a host of internet and technology giants, including Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo, have bought a stake in Myhrvold’s project. A number of universities also appear on the list, including Brown University, Northwestern University, and Stanford University. Other investors include the Rockefeller Foundation, TIFF Private Equity, Charles River Ventures, and Xilinx itself.
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