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12/5/2005 Rob Garretson — CIO Insight
Has the enemy of the patent troll become one?
“Detkin recently spoke with CIO Insight about his "invention company," business-method patents and the definition of ‘troll.’”
| 11/14/2005 Sarah Lai Stirland — Seattle Times
Trolling for Patents
". . . The company, headed by former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, conducts research in hopes of stumbling upon the next big lucrative invention."
| 11/13/2005 Timothy L. O'Brien — New York Times
Are U.S. Innovators Losing Their Competitive Edge?
". . .Nathan Myhrvold, part of Microsoft's early brain trust and the former head of its heavily endowed research arm, founded Intellectual Ventures, a fund that he says spends "millions of dollars" annually to support individual inventors in long-term projects. . . "
| 11/3/2005 Michael Kanellos — CNET News.com
Microsoft alums amass thousands of patents
Intellectual Ventures, a start-up specializing in intellectual property, has proclaimed its dedication to inventing new technologies. And it has amassed quite a large patent portfolio, as well. Used with permission from CNET Networks, Inc., Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.
| 10/22/2005 Kenneth Cukier — The Economist
Voracious Venture
Intellectual Ventures represents a radically new business model for technology--a cross between a venture capital fund, a law firm and an R&D lab. © 2005 The Economist Newspaper Ltd. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Further reproduction prohibited. www.economist.com
| 10/22/2005 Kenneth Cukier — The Economist
A Survey of Patents and Technology
Intellectual-property protection can be good for the technology industry as well as for its customers, says Kenneth Cukier. But it requires careful handling. © 2005 The Economist Newspaper Ltd. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Further reproduction prohibited. www.economist.com
| 10/1/2005 Scott Holter — Seattle Business Monthly
The Spark of Invention
Today, Myhrvold's five-year-old firm, Intellectual Ventures, helps develop would-be inventors with the capital and the expertise to make their ideas come to fruition.
| 8/23/2005 Declan McCullagh — CNET News.com
Ex-Microsoft CTO claims patent 'problem' is myth
ASPEN, Colo. -- Not only have fears of a patent crisis been greatly exaggerated, but the U.S. patent system is functioning quite well, Microsoft's former chief technologist said Tuesday. Nathan Myhrvold, now the chief executive of a start-up company that exists to create and license inventions, told a conference here that "before you get worked up about this gigantic problem, you ought to see what the facts are."
| 5/9/2005 Brenda Sandburg — The Recorder (as reprinted by Law.com)
An interesting look at current patent reform debate -- "A Modest Proposal: After six years of the status quo, software companies urge Congress to revamp the patent system"
Last year, the giants in the software industry got together to find a cure for one of their biggest headaches: costly patent litigation.
| 4/28/2005 Michael Kanellos — CNET News.com
CNET News.com Q&A with Intellectual Ventures CEO Nathan Myhrvold: Building a New Idea Factory
Golf really isn't one of those things ex-Microsoft execs do in retirement, and that's true in spades for Nathan Myhrvold.Since stepping down as the company's chief technology officer five years ago, Myhrvold has pursued paleontology, a long-standing hobby, by funding dinosaur digs. But Myhrvold has more on his mind these days than searching for prehistoric bones. He's also the founder of Intellectual Ventures, a somewhat mysterious and controversial start-up. Used with permission from CNET Networks, Inc., Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.
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