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Microsoft intellectual property funds start-ups
IP Ventures programme offers licences for 20 technologies
Microsoft has unveiled an initiative to provide start-up companies with access to some of the software company’s intellectual property.
The Microsoft Intellectual Property Ventures programme currently offers licences for 20 technologies in areas such as gaming, databases and security.
The programme aims to apply some of Microsoft’s research to areas where the company does not normally do business, and make money from its intellectual property portfolio.
"We are providing an opportunity to take [our] technology in a different direction," David Kaefer, a Microsoft director of business development, told vnunet.com.
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