Tag: patent troll
Irony Death Watch: Intellectual Ventures Forms PAC
I just heard the news that Intellectual Ventures formed a political action committee, apparently to lobby against patent reform. It’s certainly an interesting use of IV’s funds at a time when the...
Obama Administration Stays Focused on Patent Quality
Last June, the Obama Administration announced a number of executive actions to tackle the patent troll problem and improve patent quality. President Obama also talked about patent reform in his State ...
MPHJ Aims at FTC, Shoots Foot?
MPHJ is probably the most notorious bottom feeder troll, threatening thousands of small businesses who might own scanners that scan documents and email them. It’s been so active that it’s drawn fi...
Dear IV: You’re Not a “Better” Kind of Patent Troll
Without much fanfare, Intellectual Ventures has put up a searchable public list of over 30,000 of its patents. Was it something I said?
Seriously, this is a refreshing change for IV, which has, up unt...
Over 2 dozen organizations from diverse industries support making CBM widely available
Today a group of 26 organizations (including CCIA) sent a letter to the House and Senate Judiciary Committee leadership endorsing legislation to make Covered Business Method review more widely availab...
It Ain’t Easy Being a Patent Troll – Intellectual Ventures’ Money Troubles
It seems that the patent trolling industry may not be ready for Wall Street after all. Intellectual Ventures, the “gentleman gangster” of the patent troll world, isn’t looking like such a hot in...
Patent Trolls Offend Both Ends of the Political Spectrum
The Progressive Policy Institute is out with a policy brief entitled, “Stumping Patent Trolls On The Bridge To Innovation.” The brief “discusses the rich history of progressives in leading effor...
Time To Put A Spotlight On Patent Trolls
One of the key authors of the FTC Act, Louis Brandeis, wrote a century ago: “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” There are probably fe...
Nathan Myhrvold Follows the Willie Sutton Rule (Updated 9/19/2013)
Update: I've added the actual transcript of the exchange below.
Today, Nathan Myhrvold, the head of Intellectual Ventures, did an event on Capitol Hill. It was mainly a hagiographic exposition, so it ...