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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The CEO of Intellectual Ventures says his company’s philanthropy means he is doing more good for the world than GigaOM. The claim fails to account for the harm to innovation he… Read more »
The company that has done incalculable harm to America’s technology sector with a ruinous patent litigation campaign is now hoping to hire a global do-gooder. Candidates should think twice about taking… Read more »
Oracle, it seems, is not one for irony. Right after an epic court fight with Google in which it was accused of abusing intellectual property, the software maker is now trying… Read more »