Intellectual Property Licensing Partners
The Microsoft Intellectual Property Licensing Group was created to help jumpstart the efforts of the partners who develop software or offer integration services and Global 1000 companies. Whether you need essential software building blocks or entirely new technologies, Microsoft can help you create your next big thing.

With over 500 licensing deals completed, many companies are creating their next products and solutions. See the case studies. Microsoft also works with intellectual property (IP) communities that help raise awareness of technologies and innovations made available for IP licensing


Microsoft has licensed its font IP portfolio to Ascender to offer to end users, enterprises, web developers, ISVs and OEMs. This includes fonts such as 'Verdana', 'Georgia', 'Comic Sans MS', 'Microsoft Sans Serif', 'Nina', 'Tahoma', 'Wingdings', 'Trebuchet MS' and many others. Ascender can adapt the Microsoft fonts to a customer's specific needs, including character set enhancements or tuning the Microsoft fonts for certain display or printing environments. http://www.ascendercorp.com/


Fluid Innovation is a B2B marketplace for commercializing innovation, making IP licensing more efficient and productive for sellers and acquirers. Fluid Innovation's marketplace is a perfect complement to Microsoft's ongoing and expanding IP licensing efforts. You can find some of Microsoft’s available technologies for licensing on the Fluid Innovation web site along with those of other F500 companies. http://www.fluidinnovation.com/


Enterprise Ireland is a government agency that is active in accelerating the development of companies by helping them gain awareness of research and innovation available for licensing.