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>Someone really ought to start patenting every awesome piece of technology that we love from sci-fi That's actually Nathan Myhrvold's, ex-CTO of Microsoft, bus
by Jerry2 11y ago
>Someone really ought to start patenting every awesome piece of technology that we love from sci-fi
That's actually Nathan Myhrvold's, ex-CTO of Microsoft, business plan for Intellectual Ventures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Myhrvold#Intellectual_ventures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Myhrvold#Intellectual_v...
He basically gathered around a bunch of visionaries, 'industry leaders' and sci-fi people and then they started patenting ideas that they thought would end up as products a decade+ later. Some accused him and IV of being patent trolls... because they patented all kinds of general stuff.
- sheepleherd 11y agonice try, Nathan. Intellectual Ventures charges money for licensing, nothing free about it. I'm not saying they should be free, just saying they aren't.
- hkmurakami 11y agoI recently learned that IV has 3 arms of operation: Patent trolling, basic research, and health/disease related tech. People know about their trolling but little about the other two. I must say they are not particularly adept at PR.
- caycep 11y agoSadly, IV is known as one of the most egregious patent trolls out there...