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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...