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| − | * [http://wiki.ffii.org/Myhrvold0411En FFII's news about the launch of Intellectual Ventures] | + | * [http://wiki.ffii.org/Myhrvold0411En FFII's news about the launch of Intellectual Ventures], '''FFII''' |
| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Ventures Intellectual Ventures], '''Wikipedia''' |
| − | + | * [http://techdirt.com/articles/20100217/1853298215.shtml Nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures Using Over 1,000 Shell Companies To Hide Patent Shakedown], 17 Feb 2010, '''techdirt''' | |
| − | * [http://techdirt.com/articles/20100217/1853298215.shtml Nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures Using Over 1,000 Shell Companies To Hide Patent Shakedown] | + | * [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/technology/18patent.html Turning Patents Into ‘Invention Capital’], 2010, '''New York Times''' |
| − | * [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/technology/18patent.html Turning Patents Into ‘Invention Capital’], 2010, New York Times | ||
** That article was a follow-on from IV's blog [http://hbr.org/2010/03/the-big-idea-funding-eureka/ar/1 The Big Idea: Funding Eureka!] | ** That article was a follow-on from IV's blog [http://hbr.org/2010/03/the-big-idea-funding-eureka/ar/1 The Big Idea: Funding Eureka!] | ||
** For a rebutal, see [http://www.unionsquareventures.com/2010/02/software-patents-are-the-problem-not-the-answer.php Software patents are the problem not the answer] | ** For a rebutal, see [http://www.unionsquareventures.com/2010/02/software-patents-are-the-problem-not-the-answer.php Software patents are the problem not the answer] | ||
| − | * [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080507/0114581051.shtml Ideas Are Everywhere... So Why Do We Limit Them?], 7 May 2008 | + | * [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080507/0114581051.shtml Ideas Are Everywhere... So Why Do We Limit Them?], 7 May 2008, '''techdirt''' |
* [http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/23/htc.and.samsung.deal.with.intellectual.ventures/ HTC, Samsung deal with patent firm to steel vs. Apple, more], 23 Nov 2010, '''Electronista''' | * [http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/23/htc.and.samsung.deal.with.intellectual.ventures/ HTC, Samsung deal with patent firm to steel vs. Apple, more], 23 Nov 2010, '''Electronista''' | ||
* [http://www.pcworld.com/article/132174/ubuntu_microsoft_is_patent_pal.html Ubuntu: Microsoft is Patent Pal], June 2007, '''PC World''' | * [http://www.pcworld.com/article/132174/ubuntu_microsoft_is_patent_pal.html Ubuntu: Microsoft is Patent Pal], June 2007, '''PC World''' | ||
* [http://www.itworld.com/070711myhrvold Nathan Myhrvold on patent mongers and business], 11 July 2007, '''itworld''' | * [http://www.itworld.com/070711myhrvold Nathan Myhrvold on patent mongers and business], 11 July 2007, '''itworld''' | ||
| + | * [http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010/12/intellectual-ventures-takes-first-overt-legal-actions-to-enforce-its-mammoth-patent-portfolio.html Intellectual Ventures Takes First Overt Legal Actions to Enforce its Mammoth Patent Portfolio], 8 Dec 2010, '''Patently-O''' | ||
| + | * [http://boycottnovell.com/wiki/index.php/Intellectual_Ventures BoycottNovell's page on Intellectual Ventures] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:36, 11 December 2010
Intellectual Ventures can most kindly be called an "patent assertion cartel",[1] but is often called a patent troll. According to The Economist, in 2009 Intellectual Ventures applied for about 450 patents for its own inventions and they are among world's top 50 patent filers. It was also reported they have raised over $5 billion to buy up thousands of patents.[2]
Intellectual Ventures was co-founded by Nathan Myhrvold, who previously worked as CTO of Microsoft.[3]
Contents
Selling patents to other trolls
Intellectual Ventures also sells patents to other trolls, such as the sale of US5,251,294 to Webvention LLC[4] and US7,730,132, US7,822,813, and US7,831,663 to Pragmatus AV.[5]
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- Patent trolls
- Pragmatus AV v. YouTube, Facebook, etc. (2010, USA)
- Similar organisations: Blackboard inc., Acacia Research Corporation
External links
- FFII's news about the launch of Intellectual Ventures, FFII
- Intellectual Ventures, Wikipedia
- Nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures Using Over 1,000 Shell Companies To Hide Patent Shakedown, 17 Feb 2010, techdirt
- Turning Patents Into ‘Invention Capital’, 2010, New York Times
- That article was a follow-on from IV's blog The Big Idea: Funding Eureka!
- For a rebutal, see Software patents are the problem not the answer
- Ideas Are Everywhere... So Why Do We Limit Them?, 7 May 2008, techdirt
- HTC, Samsung deal with patent firm to steel vs. Apple, more, 23 Nov 2010, Electronista
- Ubuntu: Microsoft is Patent Pal, June 2007, PC World
- Nathan Myhrvold on patent mongers and business, 11 July 2007, itworld
- Intellectual Ventures Takes First Overt Legal Actions to Enforce its Mammoth Patent Portfolio, 8 Dec 2010, Patently-O
- BoycottNovell's page on Intellectual Ventures
References
- ↑ http://people.ffii.org/~jmaebe/swpat/restart05/kahin-rationale.pdf
- ↑ http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15570585
- ↑ http://paidcontent.org/article/419-myhrvold-connected-firm-targets-youtube-facebook-linkedin-over-patents/
- ↑ http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202472798134
- ↑ http://paidcontent.org/article/419-myhrvold-connected-firm-targets-youtube-facebook-linkedin-over-patents/
