Superapecommando writes "If you haven't heard of Intellectual Ventures, you may want to check this out. Set up by ex-Microsoftie Nathan Myhrvold, with investments from Microsoft among others, it is fundamentally a patenting machine – filing and buying them in huge quantities. Note that it doesn't literally use these patents – except to threaten people with. In other words, Intellectual Ventures is a patent troll – or, rather the King of the Patent Trolls. So I was 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. all rights reserved.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
share this: to come across this extremely indisputable blog post on the company. That it is so irrefutable is hardly surprising, since the blog is called 'Tangible IP,' and subtitled 'ipVA's blog on adding value through intellectual property.' Nonetheless, it provides llc.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
share this: insights into the mindset of fans of intellectual monopolies. Here's what it says about Intellectual Ventures: 'They are an invention house, and have adopted and reinvented leading edge patent strategies to create a folder of their own IP which, in its own, would be of high high worth.' They don't invent anything at all in the proper, deep sense of the word; they merely file and buy patents – with no intent of ever making stuff or solving real-life problems."

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