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- Is Myhrvold now a blast from the past?
- Is Myhrvold now a blast from the past?Intellectual Property "Rights"The argument which is going on in Software has actually been going on in the creative fields since the 1970's. Everything from how books are taxed to what constitutes "fair use" has been redefined by usually conservative judges, with the...
- Tags: Intellectual property, Myhrvold
- Discussion threads 2006-07-04
- Ex-Microsoft CTO claims patent 'problem' is myth
- Ex-Microsoft CTO claims patent 'problem' is mythOnly 3% of federal lawsuits is a BIG problem.Think how much money we could save if all that money got put back into inovation. Also think how much more inovation if we would have if we did not have creeps like Myhrvold looking over...
- Tags: patent system, patent, Myhrvold
- Discussion threads 2005-08-23
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- News to know: Palin's email hacked; Seinfeld-Microsoft; Tech meltdown; Visual Studio
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Sarah Palin's Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online Adam O'Donnell: Don't be the next Sarah Palin (security victim, not VP candidate) Wikileaks: Sarah Palin...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Yahoo! Inc., Blog, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Brondell, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, E-mail, Remote Access, Cloud Computing, Blogging, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Online Communications, Internet, Storage, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- 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...
- Tags: patent, Alpha patent troll, Nathan Myhrvold, patent troll
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- 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...
- Tags: Technology Company, Lawsuit, Patent, Patent Troll, Intellectual Ventures, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Tech Policy Summit: Fixing the patent system...soon
- At the Tech Policy Summit in San Jose, the broken patent system was the topic of several panels. First, Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA) said that he coordinating with Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)and others in Congress to produce a patent reform bill in the next two to three weeks. Berman, who...
- Tags: Legal, Government, General
- Blog posts 2007-02-26
- Is Myhrvold now a blast from the past?
- In the 1990s Nathan Myhrvold was big. Real big.As CTO of Microsoft, he was the keeper of the company's crown intellectual jewels, and expected to be the engine who produced more. Microsoft under his watch amassed one of the world's great patent portfolios.But on reading some recent stories about him,...
- Tags: patent
- Blog posts 2006-07-03
- '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."
- Tags: Intellectual Ventures
- 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.
- Tags: Intellectual Ventures, Nathan Myhrvold
- Videos 2006-04-19
- Nathan Myhrvold: Invention capitalist
- Nathan Myhrvold: Invention capitalistNothing wrong with patents if they're granted correctlyThis business of granting patents for simple business processes like "one-click shopping" is ludicrous. When Patents are granted for non-obvious stuff that took some real creativity and work to create, it's a great system.Have to agreeWhen every car company...
- Tags: patent, Nathan Myhrvold
- Discussion threads 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...
- Tags: patent system, Nathan Myhrvold
- Blog posts 2006-04-19
- Bruce Perens lashes out at absurdity and injustice in software patents process
- Bruce Perens lashes out at absurdity and injustice in software patents processZD JournalismPhi[b]ll[/b]ips is an oil company.Perhaps you meant Phi[b]l[/b]ips, the Dutch electronics company?Well DUH, Bruce P. wants to steal everyone's ideas.Are you just now catching on?Ever hear of whipping a dead horseGovt absurdity hmm where have I heard that...
- Tags: Leadership, Bruce Perens, inventor, software
- Discussion threads 2006-04-05
- Patent infringement bypasses global warming as biggest threat to human existence
- Recent moves by intellectual property holdings outfits like Acacia Research have sparked a patent land grabbing epidemic that has threatened to accelerate the extinction of all life on earth unless the charter of the Kyoto Treaty is expanded to include other, more pressing matters that threaten the Earth's ecosytem....
- Tags: Steve Gillmor
- Blog posts 2005-07-20
- Building a new-idea factory
- Building a new-idea factoryWhy stop at owning ideas, why can't people own air?[i][b]One thing that intrigues me about the whole patent area is the emotion it engenders. If you bring up patents to some people, they really get wound up.[/b]Myhrvold: Yeah, it's very funny to me, and it's a cultural...
- Tags: Strategy, patent, industry, biotechnology, IP
- Discussion threads 2005-04-28
- 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. ...
- Tags: Intellectual Ventures, patent, Nathan Myhrvold
- Blog posts 2004-11-16
- Custom Controls in Avalon
- Writing a custom control in Avalon is easy, right? Wrong. A person might be thinking right now that easiness is the essence of Avalon. And, he is right. The problem is that as software evolves, the person tries to build more and more complex things, while maintaining about the same...
- Tags: Interscape Technologies Inc., Problem, Tools & Techniques, Management
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