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I was hoping for Intellectual Ventures.

thoman23 11y ago
Ha ha, exactly. Just like there are a few baseball umpires who are so bad you learn their names (Angel Hernandez, Phil Cuzzi, Joe West), Intellectual Ventures is one of the "companies" that most developers know of for all the wrong reasons. I remember when they sued every maker of "todo list" software.
- throwawaykf05 11y ago
  > I remember when they sued every maker of "todo list" software. Hmm, I must have missed that one. Link?
  - thoman23 11y ago
    Turns out I was mistaking Angel Hernandez for Phil Cuzzi...so to speak. It was Channel Intelligence not IV that I was thinking of. http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/17/channel-intelligence-sues-just-about-everyone-who-offers-wishlists/# http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/17/channel-intelligence-sues-j... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248577
    - throwawaykf05 11y ago
      Ah I see, thanks. I've been following IV for a while and this didn't seem familiar, so was wondering.
alexqgb 11y ago
It may not have been IV, but I doubt they missed this story. Or this one http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/east-texas-judge-throws-out-168-patent-cases-in-one-fell-swoop/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/east-texas-judge-...
byoogle 11y ago
Randomly, I met one of the founders of Intellectual Ventures today. I wasn’t sure if I was resolving the name right and, unfortunately in retrospect, I didn’t ask, ”Oh, the massive patent troll?”
- kelukelugames 11y ago
  Are you in Bellevue? One of them lived in my building.
  - byoogle 11y ago
    No, in Palo Alto. I guess this founder is based here.
hga 11y ago
Depends on how sloppy and bullheaded they are. In this case, the defendant had already paid to license these patents, and the troll evidently dragged its feed in dealing with its mistake. A bit akin to The SCO Group v. The Universe, in which they didn't have the rights to UNIX(TM). No way is a good judge going to let this off with a "mistakes were made" attitude.

Ha ha, exactly. Just like there are a few baseball umpires who are so bad you learn their names (Angel Hernandez, Phil Cuzzi, Joe West), Intellectual Ventures is one of the "companies" that most developers know of for all the wrong reasons. I remember when they sued every maker of "todo list" software.

throwawaykf05 11y ago
> I remember when they sued every maker of "todo list" software. Hmm, I must have missed that one. Link?
- thoman23 11y ago
  Turns out I was mistaking Angel Hernandez for Phil Cuzzi...so to speak. It was Channel Intelligence not IV that I was thinking of. http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/17/channel-intelligence-sues-just-about-everyone-who-offers-wishlists/# http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/17/channel-intelligence-sues-j... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248577 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=248577
  - throwawaykf05 11y ago
    Ah I see, thanks. I've been following IV for a while and this didn't seem familiar, so was wondering.

alexqgb 11y ago

It may not have been IV, but I doubt they missed this story. Or this one http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/east-texas-judge-throws-out-168-patent-cases-in-one-fell-swoop/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/10/east-texas-judge-...

byoogle 11y ago

Randomly, I met one of the founders of Intellectual Ventures today. I wasn’t sure if I was resolving the name right and, unfortunately in retrospect, I didn’t ask, ”Oh, the massive patent troll?”

kelukelugames 11y ago
Are you in Bellevue? One of them lived in my building.
- byoogle 11y ago
  No, in Palo Alto. I guess this founder is based here.

hga 11y ago

Depends on how sloppy and bullheaded they are. In this case, the defendant had already paid to license these patents, and the troll evidently dragged its feed in dealing with its mistake. A bit akin to The SCO Group v. The Universe, in which they didn't have the rights to UNIX(TM). No way is a good judge going to let this off with a "mistakes were made" attitude.