GigaomNest Labs signs patent deal with Intellectual Ventures
Thermostat-maker Nest Labs is licensing patents from a notorious patent troll. The deal may help Nest in the short term, but could hurt the innovation economy overall. Read more »
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Thermostat-maker Nest Labs is licensing patents from a notorious patent troll. The deal may help Nest in the short term, but could hurt the innovation economy overall. Read more »
O3b and Kymeta are trying to build a self-steering non-mechanical satellite antenna using metamaterials. Such an antenna could make O3b’s satellite broadband links mobile, helping further it and Google’s goal of… Read more »
Patent suits in the mobile phone industry are nothing new — but this one’s a doozy. A shell company claims its 1996 patent gives it a monopoly over services like Find… Read more »
As the tide turns against patent trolls in the media and Washington, Intellectual Ventures is pushing back – in part by seeking another $3 billion to expand its controversial business model. Read more »
Spun off from Intellectual Ventures and backed by Bill Gates, Kymeta is having little trouble raising the funds it needs to develop its new metamaterial satellite antenna technology. Read more »
Neither public shaming nor calls for reform from the highest level of government has dissuaded Intellectual Ventures from its massive patent lawsuit campaign against businesses large and small. Read more »
President Obama offered some tough talk on patent trolls, the parasite shell companies that are taxing the start-up sector. He has the power to fix the problem — it’s time for… Read more »
Intellectual Ventures has been invisibly bleeding billions from creative companies — but its activities don’t often come to light thanks to a clever use of shell companies. This could change. Read more »
After four years, Intellectual Ventures is spinning off the second company from its vast intellectual property portfolio. Kymeta is focused on using materials not found in nature to build radio-wave shaping… Read more »
Intellectual property is about assigning ownership of brands and ideas. Here are some highlights from a gathering of leading thinkers in the field — in an easy to skim format. Read more »