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Has the Enemy of the Patent Trolls Become One?
December 5, 2005
“Detkin recently spoke with CIO Insight about his “invention company,” business-method patents and the definition of ‘troll.’ ”
Author: Rob Garretson
Source: CIO Insight
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Trolling for Patents
November 14, 2005
The company, headed by former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, conducts research in hopes of stumbling upon the next big lucrative invention.
Author: Sarah Lai Stirland
Source: Seattle Times
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Are U.S. Innovators Losing Their Competitive Edge?
November 13, 2005
“Nathan Myhrvold, part of Microsoft’s early brain trust and the former head of its heavily endowed research arm, founded Intellectual Ventures, a fund that he says spends "millions of dollars" annually to support individual inventors in long-term projects.”
Author: Timothy L. O'Brien
Source: New York Times
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A Word About Intellectual Ventures from CNET
November 3, 2005
Intellectual Ventures, a start-up specializing in intellectual property, has proclaimed its dedication to inventing new technologies. And it has amassed quite a large patent portfolio, as well. Used with permission from CNET Networks, Inc., Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.
Author: Michael Kanellos
Source: CNET News.com
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Intellectual Ventures' New Business Model for Technology—a Cross Between a Venture Capital Fund, a Law Firm and an R&D Lab.
October 22, 2005
Intellectual Ventures represents a radically new business model for technology—a cross between a venture capital fund, a law firm and an R&D lab. © 2005 The Economist Newspaper Ltd. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Further reproduction prohibited. www.economist.com
Author: Kenneth Cukier
Source: The Economist
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Intellectual-Property Protection Can Be Good for the Technology Industry
October 22, 2005
Intellectual-property protection can be good for the technology industry as well as for its customers, says Kenneth Cukier. But it requires careful handling. © 2005 The Economist Newspaper Ltd. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Further reproduction prohibited. www.economist.com
Author: Kenneth Cukier
Source: The Economist
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The Spark of Invention
October 1, 2005
Today, Myhrvold's five-year-old firm, Intellectual Ventures, helps develop would-be inventors with the capital and the expertise to make their ideas come to fruition.
Author: Scott Holter
Source: Seattle Business Monthly
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“A Modest Proposal: After Six Years of the Status Quo, Software Companies Urge Congress to Revamp the Patent System”
May 9, 2005
Last year, the giants in the software industry got together to find a cure for one of their biggest headaches: costly patent litigation.
Author: Brenda Sandburg
Source: The Recorder (as reprinted by Law.com)
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CNET News.com Q&A with Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold: Building a New Idea Factory
April 28, 2005
Golf really isn’t one of those things ex-Microsoft execs do in retirement, and that’s true in spades for Nathan Myhrvold.
Since stepping down as the company’s chief technology officer five years ago, Myhrvold has pursued paleontology, a long-standing hobby, by funding dinosaur digs. But Myhrvold has more on his mind these days than searching for prehistoric bones. He’s also the founder of Intellectual Ventures, a somewhat mysterious and controversial start-up. Used with permission from CNET Networks, Inc., Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.
Author: Michael Kanellos
Source: CNET News.com
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