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Actually I'm not sure what value you can get from this list at all. This is the methodology: "Then we tagged all of the companies that have links to attorneys
by larrys 14y ago
Actually I'm not sure what value you can get from this list at all.
This is the methodology:
"Then we tagged all of the companies that have links to attorneys and mailing addresses frequently used by Intellectual Ventures. The resulting list is about 2,000 companies.
We have not verified that each and every company is definitely a shell corporation for Intellectual Ventures (doing so would be prohibitively expensive), but some obvious overlaps are apparent: managing corporations, telephone numbers, and other factors."
Right off the top I'm noticing a number of the same addresses which are, in fact, addresses for well know companies in Delaware that register companies and corporations ("The Company Corporation" is one of them). I've used them. I'm not sure this information really provided is of much help.
Most importantly, plainsite labeling this as a statement of fact "PlainSite exposes the Intellectual Ventures shell game." and the HN title "Plainsite Exposes 2000 IV Shell Companies" is clearly wrong (as a reading of the text I've quoted shows).
- jp--1 14y agoI would suggest the methodology make use of not only the assignments data from the patent offices but also the data from as many state company registries as possible. It's not easy because there is no harmonization of this type of data among all US states and some (Delaware, Nevada, etc.) deliberately make it easy for companies to hide information about who owns them. There's one more idea I had. You could also search trademark data under the assumption that short-lived shell companies do not register trademarks for their company name, unlike most legitimate businesses that offer products and services to society.