Showing posts with label nathan myhrvold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nathan myhrvold. Show all posts
06 January 2013

How To Help Malaria Sufferers Without Using Patents: Crowdsourcing Diagnosis

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A little while back we wrote about Nathan Myhrvold's sniffy comment that if you're not doing anything to help people suffering f...
13 September 2012

Forget The Death-Star Anti-Mosquito Lasers, Here's How Nathan Myhrvold Can Help Tackle Malaria -- And Improve His Image

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Nathan Myhrvold is trying to rustle up a little positive PR for Intellectual Ventures (IV) by appointing a VP of Global Good (although it...
30 June 2012

Intellectual Ventures Loses Its Shine: Will Its Business Model Ever Work?

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Techdirt has always been sceptical about Nathan Myhrvold's business plan for Intellectual Ventures (IV) -- build up a huge portfolio o...
20 July 2011

Myhrvold Hoist By His Own (Patented) Petard

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There's a column doing the rounds at the moment that is generating some interest. It comes from the King of the Patent Trolls, Nathan ...
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22 March 2010

Beware the King of the Trolls

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If you haven't heard of Intellectual Ventures, you will do. Set up by ex-Microsoftie Nathan Myhrvold, with investments from Microsoft am...
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08 September 2009

Intellectual (Monopolies) Ventures

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I've been avoiding this story about nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures using patent trolls as proxies because it's just bey...
10 July 2009

This Could Save Many Lives: Let's Patent It

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Bill Gates is amazing; just look at this brilliant idea he's come up with: using large fleets of vessels to suppress hurricanes through ...
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13 May 2008

Mighty Mike vs. Nugatory Nathan

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As readers of this blog may have gathered, I am not the biggest fan of Nathan Myhrvold. I am, however, a big fan of Mike Masnick, especiall...
08 May 2008

Intellectual (Monopoly) Ventures

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Mike Masnick is a truly fantastic writer, because he begins a piece thus: Malcolm Gladwell is a truly fantastic writer ...only to end up pr...
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13 November 2007

Sick, Sick, Sick: The Sickness Deepens

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I've warned you about this bloke before : Intellectual Ventures LLC, a low-profile investment firm run by former Microsoft Corp. executi...
27 April 2006

I've Seen the Future - and It's Patented

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The name Nathan Myhrvold probably doesn't strike fear into your heart; it may not even be known to you. But one day, rest assured, he w...