[ Thanks to E5Rebel
for this link. ]
“If you haven’t heard of Intellectual Ventures, you
will do. Set up by ex-Microsoftie Nathan Myhrvold, with investments
from Microsoft among others, it is basically a patenting machine
– filing and buying them in huge quantities. Note that it
doesn’t actually *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 interested to come across this extremely positive blog
post on the company. That it is so positive is hardly surprising,
since the blog is called “Tangible IP”, and subtitled “ipVA’s blog
on adding value through intellectual property”. Nonetheless, it
provides valuable insights into the mindset of fans of intellectual
monopolies. Here’s what it says about Intellectual Ventures:”