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- Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?
- Former Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold has been collecting patents, extracting fees from technology companies via his company Intellectual Ventures. Is Myhrvold a patent troll with tech cred? The Wall Street Journal has a long account of Myhrvold's patent collecting efforts and how he is winning multimillion dollar...
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- 'I'm willing to have people call me a patent troll'
- Intellectual Ventures' Myhrvold speaks outCEO and founder of Intellectual Ventures Nathan Myhrvold explains why he's the right person for his job and why "in the meantime, people will call me names."
- Videos 2006-04-19
- The most feared man in Silicon Valley?
- Intellectual Ventures' Nathan Myhrvold on patents and lawsuitsCNET News.com's Michael Kanellos asks Nathan Myhrvold, CEO and founder of Intellectual Ventures, on his status as a scary figure to some Silicon Valley companies. Myhrvold explains his ideas on patents.
- Videos 2006-04-19
- Nathan Myhrvold: Invention capitalist
- Former head of Microsoft Research and now head of patent foundry Intellectual Ventures Nathan Myhrvold doesn't mind being called a patent troll video here and here. He wants to be the first "invention capitalist." His company is built around monetizing inventions and patents (Intellectual Ventures Myhrvold has 18 patents to...
- Blog posts 2006-04-19
- Microsoft alum has sights on the world's first patent marketplace
- Sooner or later, something will have to be done about the barrage of "dumb" patent disputes or technology innovation will eventually grind to a halt. While companies continue to arm themselves with licenses and lawyers, there is at least one start-up with a radical business model poised to capitalize on the messy situation. ...
- Blog posts 2004-11-16
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- Red Hat offers Supremes an audacious brief
- Here's for hoping![i]Given history both arguments make sense. Given politics neither is likely to be accepted any time soon.[/i]Come on, Dana. Surely you have hopes, don't you?All the big players are in the software patent game only for defensive purposes. The only entities who are in it offensively are the...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- How a software engineer tried to save his sister and invented a breakthrough medical device
- A CREDIT TO ENTREPENEURSThis is the stuff of history; Thomas Edison, Alexander Fleming, John Logie Baird.I lost my sister to cancer at age 36yrs so he has my heartfelt sympathy and utmost admiration Robert Goldman is the kind of person who should be nominated for a Nobel Prize in Medicine.RE:...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-03
- When will Microsoft admit the truth about software patents?
- HERETIC !My patent is better than you patent!What a waste of resources!I couldn't agree with you more.Now for the sharks in the suits .... what are they to do if they have to keep their Lexus more than 6 months?Duh!I simply do not understand the warped reasoning that would make...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-13
- Some welcome competition in mid-market ERP
- Sage's X3 - Does it need big systems integrators as part of its market success? A few days ago, several members of the analyst and press community were given a briefing on Sage’s high-end ERP product, X3. X3 was acquired by Sage three years ago and...
- Blog posts 2009-05-27
- Moore's Law and open source
- Moore's Law and open source"Intellectual Ventures"This is exactly the sort of fcuked up siht that is going to keep the USA going down the pan.Generations trained to be me-me-me'ists, and only by stomping over everybody else in everything will that individual feel satisfied.Like Communism and radical Islam, it'll take a...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
- RPX: Can it defend against patent trolls?
- A startup on Tuesday will launch in an attempt to fix the current patent mess and defend against so-called patent trolls. The startup--RPX Corp.--is a so-called defensive patent aggregator. RPX--short for Rational Patent--aims to reduce the costs associated with non-practicing entities NPEs. These NPEs--known as patent trolls...
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- With Glue, AdaptiveBlue frees us from the tyranny of the site
- Glue from AdaptiveBlue has been out since late last month, and various sites have provided reviews of this useful little tool. See, for example, Dan Farber, Chris Morrison, Sarah Perez, and Jennifer Zaino. I am not going to write another review. I would, however, recommend that you...
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Stealth Company decloaks... as Siri
- Silicon Valley stealth-mode startup, Stealth Company, revealed a little more about itself overnight and rebranded as Siri. Stealth Company's website has proved vague at best over the past few months, for example tantalising with allusions to underpinning technology; "We are not building...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?
- Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?One thing I would like to knowHow many of those patents are actually [i]inventions[/i]?RE: Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?That is a bit fuzzy isn't it. Initially here's all you'll find.http://www.intellectualventures.com/inv_main.aspxEveryone plays by the same rulesHow can he be considered a troll? He is doing for...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- SAP teams up with InnoCentive; Software IP questions abound
- Updated: SAP is partnering with InnoCentive, an "open innovation market place," to link so called "seekers," or companies looking to solve a business problem, with "solvers," developers that can save the day. For instance, SAP is looking for someone to create novel uses of social networking in enterprise applications. ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- Blogger relations: comparing Oracle and SAP
- Oracle recently invited a bunch of bloggers to attend OpenWorld as press, meaning the company would waive the $2000 entrance fee. Under ordinary circumstances this would hardly be interesting, but it's raised compelling questions, including the inevitable comparisons with SAP. First some history. A couple of years...
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Linux patent suit: In search of the Microsoft smoking gun
- Linux patent suit: In search of the Microsoft smoking gunThis is why Novell ...The Microsoft Novell deal wheels are starting to come off"It is particularly relevant given that, according to Novell's NTAP information, Microsoft's covenant not to sue Novell users will be extended to "all GPL v3 users as soon...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
- Ballmer comments reflect deeper problems
- Ballmer comments reflect deeper problemsWell, Balmer does not want any infringing IP to be removed, that wouldkill his FUD campaigns. He of course also does not want a court reviewing all of those junk patents and having a lot of them invalidated.Kind of funny to watch him squirm.Glass houses, etc...You...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Fluid Innovation bets on Virtual Ventures
- If you've ever wanted to be a venture capitalist betting on whether a technical innovation will succeed, Fluid Innovation will let you do so virtually. At DEMOfall 07 the company debuted Virtual Ventures, a fantasy VC game that applies crowd sourcing and prediction markets to determine the viability of technologies...
- Blog posts 2007-09-24
- Obligation at bottom of open source incline
- Obligation at bottom of open source inclineThe difference is......that the freedom resides in the software, not in the person using it. I'm not "free" to do whatever I want with the software; the software is "free" from any control by me. Some might call that anthropomorphism - attributing a human...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-25
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