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An inside look at Intellectual Ventures

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-big-bad-world-of-IP dept.

A reader writes"Nathan Myhrvold has started a multi-hundred million dollar firm to develop new inventions and patent them. It has remained a very secretive organization, despite recruiting reclusive geniuses and buying up thousands of patents from other companies. Now Business Week has the scoop: "As his cash-rich firm snaps up thousands of patents, fears emerge that it will become a leader in litigation - not innovation..."

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  1. Old Idea by should_be_linear · · Score: 4, Funny

    See them in court if they try to get around my patent 3404987: "Method of starting a multi-hundred million dollar firms for establishing new inventions and patenting them".

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    839*929
  2. You know what... by damburger · · Score: 5, Funny

    If somebody patented frivolous litigation, these guys would be screwed.

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    If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?
  3. Re:Great! Now R&D will be outsourced to India/ by tehgimpness · · Score: 1, Funny

    What a negative view you have.

    I'm sure what you meant to say is: Wow! This boom in tertiary industries will be a great fail safe should we suffer an economic down turn. I for one can't wait to see what it's like living on the street at the first sign of economic instability.

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    ZOMGWTFPWNtKKTHNXBIBI!!!ONE!111!!!
  4. Secretive despite reclusive geniuses? by mccalli · · Score: 3, Funny
    It has remained a very secretive organization, despite recruiting reclusive geniuses...

    Hmm. Perhaps if it had recruited a few extrovert genuises instead...?

    Cheers,
    Ian