Intellectual Ventures' Patent Protection Racket 152
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"?