Intellectual Ventures' Patent Protection Racket 152
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David Gerard writes "Nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures doesn't sue people over patents, because that would be patent trolling! No, instead they just threaten to sell the patent to a known litigious patent troll. So that's all right then. Timothy Lee details how using patents to crush profitable innovation works in practice, and concludes: 'In thinking about how to reform the patent system, a good yardstick would be to look for policy changes that would tend to put Myhrvold and his firm out of business.'"
Myhrvold is a loser (Score:2, Funny)
He sure made money off MS, but he couldn't cut it as a researcher in particle physics. And he knows it.
Re:Shorter lifetime? (Score:3, Funny)
Ripley (talking about Aliens): You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't see them fucking each other over for a goddamn percentage.
Re:Please leave sarcasm out of summaries (Score:4, Funny)
And, I don't really care, so long as the linked article is interesting and informative, and I doubt I'm alone.
Yes, ever since I was old enough to make up my own mind all I need is a link to the source and I'm golden. I do sometimes need people to tell me if my dress makes me look fat, but I think that is a different story entirely.
Mr. Lee told me to come here... (Score:3, Funny)
So like I was telling Mr. Lee, the extraordinarily not-Caucasian Chinese man who runs the Chinese Laundromat that's only open one or two days a month, my company has been threatened by Intellectual Ventures' Patent Protection Racket - but I guess Mr. Lee didn't know what he was talking about. I was looking for the A-Team, but all I found was this guy in a fake beard, overacting a ridiculous stereotype...
Re:Please leave sarcasm out of summaries (Score:4, Funny)
I'm pretty sure, "ignored the summary and read TFA" is actually the reverse of standard Slashdot practice!
Re:Nathan's Myhrvold's a waste of space (Score:3, Funny)
Despite his considerable intellect, he didn't accomplish much of note at M$ and now has sunk even lower. He should stick to cooking and taking photos.
I call arriving as a poor slob and leaving with several hundred million dollars quite an accomplishment. If that's sinking low, gimme a lead weight baby!
Re:Please leave sarcasm out of summaries (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Shorter lifetime? (Score:1, Funny)
I wonder if I could get a patent on the business process of retaining a lawyer. That way, when I sue someone, the mere fact that they retain an attorney is cause for another lawsuit.
Brilliant! (Score:1, Funny)
Holy crap, that's brilliant. Seriously. You guys are just pissed off you didn't think of it first.
Re:Please leave sarcasm out of summaries (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Please leave sarcasm out of summaries (Score:5, Funny)
And, I don't really care, so long as the linked article is interesting and informative, and I doubt I'm alone.
If you click on the link and read the article, you are alone.
Re:All talk... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Shorter lifetime? (Score:3, Funny)
I doubt bosses would have a special "Promotion" room to provide such an effect for their employees.
"Staff of Justice + 2"?