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Ask HN: Has Intellectual Ventures Gone Dark?
A few years ago they were going TED talks, blogging like crazy about saving the world from malaria and creating power from spent nuclear fuel. And, most notably, earning a reputation for being a no-holds-barred patent troll.
So... what's happened to them lately?
- frisco 8y agoTheir fund is way down: https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2018/06/01/after-10-years-nathan-myhrvolds-3-billion-of-private-equity-funds-show-big-losses/#7f2ec3b15a9d https://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2018/06/01/after-10... Their model probably doesn’t make sense anymore given how the case law has developed. (Thankfully)
- duxup 8y ago>In total Myhrvold’s firm has acquired 95,000 patents and launched or been behind dozens of lawsuits, making it a giant patent troll Man how do they find the time to properly even evaluate those patents?