Uber-Patent Troll Fears Grow as Intellectual Ventures amasses 3-5,000 Patents

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Uber-Patent Troll Fears Grow as Intellectual Ventures amasses 3-5,000 Patents

04-27-2006, 09:08 AM,

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Uber-Patent Troll Fears Grow as Intellectual Ventures amasses 3-5,000 Patents

Quote:Intellectual Ventures happily invests in invention, while the tech world trembles in fear. An inside look at Nathan Myhrvold's $400 million IP experiment....

Some in the IP asset management field estimate that Intellectual Ventures has amassed 3,000-5,000 patents...

As the patent stockpile grows, so does the speculation--and the fear. IP lawyers and tech executives worry that Intellectual Ventures is less interested in changing the world with big ideas, and more focused on becoming an ber-troll, wreaking litigation havoc across industries with its patents...

full article: http://www.ipww.com/display.php/file=/te...06/venture

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