Man bites dog: Rackspace sues “notorious” patent troll
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Rackspace will see Parallel Iron and IP Nav in federal court where it will ask for damages in a bid to stop patent troll abuses Read more »
Wanted: The ability to fail
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If the world wants solutions to its most intractable problems — getting enough food, water and fuel for 9 billion people, for example — entrepreneurs must be able to try out big ideas. And fail sometimes. Read more »
Analytics firm flushes out trolls spawned by Intellectual Ventures
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Intellectual Ventures has been invisibly bleeding billions from creative companies — but its activities don’t often come to light thanks to a clever use of shell companies. This could change. Read more »
Malaria is no excuse for patent trolling, Mr. Myhrvold
The CEO of Intellectual Ventures says his company’s philanthropy means he is doing more good for the world than GigaOM. The claim fails to account for the harm to innovation he is causing through ruinous patent suits. Read more »
Patent troll Intellectual Ventures seeks “VP of Global Good”
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The company that has done incalculable harm to America’s technology sector with a ruinous patent litigation campaign is now hoping to hire a global do-gooder. Candidates should think twice about taking the job. Read more »
We’re all trolls now: why the patent ‘rat’s nest’ is worse than you think
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Veteran tech reporter Walt Mossberg confronted Nathan Myhrvold this week about the former Microsoft CTO’s role heading up the world’s largest patent troll. Read more »
Goliath vs. Goliath: Patent Beast Intellectual Ventures Sues AT&T
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A controversial investment fund run by a former Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) executive just added more fuel to the tech industry’s runaway patent… Read more at paidContent »
India’s Reliance backs nuclear startup TerraPower
Nuclear startup TerraPower, which is backed by Bill Gates, now has a massive Indian conglomerate on its side: Reliance Industries. According to Business Week, Reliance Industries, which owns oil, telecom and retail businesses, has invested a minority stake in TerraPower through one of its energy units. Read more »
From Microsoft to Nuclear, 10 Questions for Nathan Myhrvold
Bill Gates might be the most prominent high-level Microsoft exec to focus on energy innovation, but he’s certainly not the first. A decade ago its then-chief technology officer, Nathan Myhrvold, left the software giant to found Intellectual Ventures, which has spun off nuclear power startup TerraPower. Read more »
