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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Thursday 18 September 2008 12:54 : \____
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> [Bill Gates: patent troll, by proxy]
>>
>> Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Former Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold has been collecting patents,
>>| extracting fees from technology companies via his company Intellectual
>>| Ventures. Is Myhrvold a patent troll with tech cred?
>>|
>>| The Wall Street Journal has a long account of Myhrvold?s patent collecting
>>| efforts and how he is winning multimillion dollar payments from the likes
>>| of Verizon and Cisco. These payments are top secret material, but
>>| Myhrvold?s firm is the one reaping the rewards. Intellectual Ventures has
>>| more than 20,000 patents. In many respects, Myhrvold is just a patent
>>| trader. A few lawsuits could define him as a troll quickly though.
>> `----
>>
>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10069
>>
>> Gates is investing in this patent troll too.
>>
>> Transcript: Myhrvold of Intellectual Ventures
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Nathan Myhrvold: The genesis of this idea was when I was at Microsoft. We
>>| had a problem with patent liability. All these people were coming to sue us
>>| or demand payment. And Bill (Gates) asked me to think about if there was a
>>| solution. This is what I came up with.
>>|
>>| WSJ: So you think that you're actually protecting companies from more
>>| settlements or bigger payments down the road?
>> `----
>>
>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122142717791833671.html
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http://broadstuff.com/archives/1246-We-doctor-your-patents,-so-be-patent!.html
>
> Brother, can you spare a patent?!
>
> From the bastard who invented "the Microsoft Tax".
He doesn't like GNU/Linux.
http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/09/charlie-rose-nathan-myhrvold/
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