Microsoft to target IP licensing at start-ups
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Expanding its efforts to monetize its intellectual property holdings, Microsoft has set up a group within its licensing business to sell Microsoft technologies to startups.
Inrix and Ascender, both companies that were founded last year, are among the first takers. Inrix is building a traffic information service with exclusively licensed technologies from Microsoft Research and Ascender has obtained rights to adapt and sell various Windows fonts developed by Microsoft, according to a Microsoft statement.