Rutgers Professor Pal Maliga recently helped launch Plant Transformation Technologies LLC of Dallas based on his patented approaches to genetically transforming plastids, a key component of plants, to increase their value as food, fuels and product ingredients.

As part of this collaborative effort, IP Navigation Group has committed $1 million to sponsor further research in maize by Maliga’s laboratory.

The Spangenberg Family Foundation gave Case Western University School of Law a $2 million gift to endow the Spangenberg Family Foundation Chair in Law and the Arts. Eric Spangenberg is the founder and chairman of Dallas-based IP Navigation Group, a patent monetization company.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law has received a $2 million gift from the Spangenberg Family Foundation to endow the Spangenberg Family Foundation Chair in Law and the Arts. The commitment was announced in conjunction with the university’s public launch of the $1 billion fundraising initiative, Forward Thinking: The Campaign for Case Western Reserve University.

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak to Speak At Rutgers’ Entrepreneurship Day -- Nov. 14 Events Also Features Panel Discussion Hosted by Prominent N.Y.C. Entrepreneur.

Erich Spangenberg, founder and chairman of IP Navigation Group, will speak at 10:40 a.m. His firm, based in Dallas, recently signed an agreement with Rutgers to launch the novel Disruptive Innovation Fund. IP Navigation Group has committed up to $1 million for faculty and students researchers seeking to develop technologies that address unmet needs with marketplace potential.

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Rutgers has established a “Disruptive Innovation Fund” through an agreement signed this week with IP Navigation Group of Dallas, which has committed up to $1 million to support commercialization of technologies developed at the university.

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Rutgers has established a “Disruptive Innovation Fund” through an agreement signed this week with IP Navigation Group of Dallas, which has committed up to $1 million to support commercialization of technologies developed at the university.

After the Nortel patent auction resulting in a winning bid of $4.5 billion and Google’s announcement that it entered an agreement to acquire Motorola Mobility, along with its sizeable patent portfolio, for $12.5 billion in cash, there should be no doubt that patents can be critical business assets of great strategic and financial value. This is an opportune time for companies to consider or reconsider how they monetize their patent assets, especially in light of the burgeoning monetization services offered to companies by defensive patent aggregators (e.g., RPX), advisory firms (e.g., IP Navigation Group and IPinvestments Group), investment firms (e.g., Altitude Capital Partners), and market makers (e.g. , Ocean Tomo). (subscription required for full content)

Chicago – (September 21, 2011) – ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world’s largest intellectual property and patent auction firm, today announced that it will offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from Patentportfolio 2 S.a.r.l. at its upcoming CNS Auction September 27th in Los Angeles. The CNS covers Patentportfolio 2 S.a.r.l.’s patent portfolio over 60 patents. Patentportfolio 2 S.a.r.l. has engaged IP Navigation group as its monetization advisor with respect to its patent portfolio.

CHICAGO, Sept. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property and patent auction firm, today announced that it will offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from VoxPath RS, LLC at its upcoming CNS Auction September 27th in Los Angeles.

CHICAGO, Sept. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property and patent auction firm, today announced that it will offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from Walker Digital, LLC at its upcoming CNS Auction September 27th in Los Angeles

CHICAGO, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property and patent auction firm, today announced that it will offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from Tramontane IP, LLC at its upcoming CNS Auction September 27th in Los Angeles. The CNS covers Tramontane's patent portfolio of 10 patents. Tramontane has engaged IP Navigation Group as its monetization advisor with respect to its patent portfolio.

Chicago – (September 19, 2011) – ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world’s largest intellectual property and patent auction firm, today announced that it will offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from ExecWare, LLC at its upcoming CNS Auction September 27th in Los Angeles. The CNS covers ExecWare’s existing patent portfolio including U.S. Patent Nos. 6,216,139, 6,134,564, 8,010,549 and a number of pending patent applications. ExecWare has engaged IP Navigation Group as its monetization advisor with respect to its patent portfolio.

CHICAGO, Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property and patent auction firm, today announced that it will offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from Granicus, LLC at its upcoming CNS Auction September 27th in Los Angeles. The CNS covers Granicus' existing patent portfolio of 22 patents and 4 patent applications. Granicus has engaged IP Navigation Group as its monetization advisor with respect to its patent portfolio.

CHICAGO, Sept. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world's largest intellectual property and patent auction firm, today announced that it will offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from TQP Development, LLC at its upcoming CNS Auction September 27th in Los Angeles

Chicago – (September 14, 2011) – ICAP Patent Brokerage, a division of ICAP plc and the world’s largest intellectual property and patent auction firm, today announced that it will offer a Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) from TechDev Holdings, LLC at its upcoming CNS Auction September 27th in Los Angeles. The CNS covers TechDev Holding’s patent portfolio of 36 patents and 13 patent applications. TechDev has engaged IP Navigation Group as its monetization advisor with respect to its patent portfolio.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IP Navigation Group, LLC (“IPNav”) Chairman, Erich Spangenberg, was quoted in the August 22, 2011 edition of The Wall Street Journal regarding the successful licensing campaign of IPNav client Walker Digital.

Jay Walker turned his idea for "name your own price" Internet auctions into a fortune by starting Priceline.com Inc. Now the entrepreneur is trying to cash in on his ideas by suing other companies.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IP Navigation Group, LLC (IPNav) has named Peter J. Hardigan as Vice President. Mr. Hardigan was previously a Principal in the Intellectual Property (IP) Practice of Charles River Associates in New York, where he ran the firm's IP Transactions business in North America and Europe. At CRA, Mr. Hardigan acted as an IP fund manager and IP Investment advisor to Fortune 500 companies and leading institutional investors. At IPNav, Mr. Hardigan will act as a portfolio manager and also lead initiatives to expand the firm’s finance and advisory services offerings.

LUXEMBOURG & DUBLIN, Aug 03, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Patentportfolio 2 S.a r.l. announced today that it completed the acquisition of a portfolio of patent assets from telecommunications industry leader BT and has retained IP Navigation Group (Europe) as its strategic patent advisor.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. & DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Execware, LLC announced today that it has retained IP Navigation Group, LLC to develop and manage a program directed at the monetization of its intellectual property and development of its business.

David Pridham named IP Navigation Group CEO

A Texas jury returned an $11.5 million verdict for an IP Navigation Group client this past Friday afternoon. After a weeklong trial relating to a patent covering electronic proposal generation, a jury returned the favorable verdict awarding the patent owner an amount that reflects the value of the underlying technology.

Walker Digital, LLC announced today that it has agreed to sell several pioneer patents.

Founded in 1994, Walker Digital is a research and development lab that has made fundamental contributions to many areas of technology, including electronic commerce, financial services, transaction processing, pricing, social networking and gaming. Several hundred issued and pending U.S. and foreign patents protect these inventions, with several hundred more patent applications pending.

ICAP Ocean Tomo - the global intellectual property brokerage firm - will be auctioning four "Covenants not to Sue" at its Spring 2011 Live IP Auction event on March 31st in New York City. Each covenant provides a purchaser with the freedom to operate in a specific field. At a time when IP considerations are becoming more important and more complex, a covenant may well be on its way to becoming one of the key instruments in an IP portfolio.

Walker Digital LLC announces IP Navigation Group as its strategic patent advisor. Jon Ellenthal, President of Walker Digital, says IPNav will "bring a depth of experience, resolve, understanding and approach that we have not seen with other advisors." A research and development lab, Walker holds hundreds of patents in gaming, financial services, social networking and other innovative technologies.

"The Hyundai case also posed a major test for Spangenberg, who has gone on to become one of the country's most successful patent enforcers. In recent years, Erich Spangenberg has made a fortune thanks to a bevy of patent infringement suits."

"The Hyundai case also posed a major test for Spangenberg, who has gone on to become one of the country's most successful patent enforcers. In recent years, Erich Spangenberg has made a fortune thanks to a bevy of patent infringement suits."

"Joe Mullin goes after Erich Spangenberg, again. Last year, Mullin had a hissy-fit over a piece on Spangenberg by Heather Skyler. Last year, Mullin was recycling Lemley; now he's just recycling Mullin."

Erich Spangenberg makes a fortune suing major corporations for infringing on patents he owns. Is he exploiting a legal loophole or is he a modern-day Robin Hood? A look at one very unusual and vilified profession.

"Erich Spangenberg, chief executive of IP Navigation Group, buys outright or takes stakes in technology companies, now acts for 40 clients in the US and Germany. 'We go to the infringing company and ask them why they are using our technology. Then we go into the courts.' said Spangenberg in Dublin last week."

"Patent investor Erich Spangenberg, one of the most feared men in Silicon Valley and the automotive industry globally, told Siliconrepublic.com that he believes the current lawsuit between Apple and HTC is in reality a case about Google and Android."

"An Irish technology entrepreneur is suing Adobe in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit in the U.S. 'It took John over six years to get his patent for that invention,' said Erich Spangenberg, a patent expert working with Mohan to protect Rosebud's intellectual property."