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Intellectual Ventures sues Ricoh and Canon, says they pose a ‘threat to innovation’

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures on Tuesday filed its second complaint against Canon and first against Ricoh for infringing on its… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold to Microsoft alumni: ‘We participated in one of the most beneficial revolutions in human history’

For nearly one hour, Nathan Myhrvold stood in front of members of the Microsoft Alumni Network and talked strictly about Modernist… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures settles with Lattice

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures has reached its second settlement agreement in its case against manufacturers in the semiconductor industry. The company announced… Read More

Intellectual Ventures sues AT&T, CenturyLink and Windstream over DSL patents

Intellectual Ventures has filed suit against AT&T, CenturyLink and Windstream Communications, alleging that their DSL Internet services violate some of… Read More

Mark Cuban thinks “dumbass patents are crushing small businesses”

Mark Cuban is never one to shy away from his beliefs. Now, to show his disdain for patents, he’s created… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures settles with Microsemi, turns them into a customer

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures has entered into a settlement agreement with Microsemi, resolving the patent suit that it filed against… Read More

Patent firm looks to ‘unravel complex web’ of Intellectual Ventures, but falls well short of crowdfunding goal

Intellectual Ventures is no stranger to controversy, with the Bellevue patent holding firm routinely taking heat in the media (including… Read More

TerraPower nuclear engineer emerges at stealthy energy startup SuperCritical Technologies

Chal Davidson, the former lead engineer at TerraPower, the nuclear reactor startup backed by Intellectual Ventures and Microsoft co-founder Bill… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold is completely fine with failure and thinks you should be, too

You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take. Sure, it’s one of the more overused cliches in the… Read More

Intellectual Ventures reaches first big legal settlements

Intellectual Ventures this morning announced legal settlements with two companies, SK hynix and Elpida Memory, which make common types of memory… Read More

Intellectual Ventures: Why haven’t there been more spinoffs?

Intellectual Ventures has been in business since 2000, led by former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold, with a bunch… Read More

A feisty Nathan Myhrvold defends his quest for ‘Global Good’

Scientists and researchers working with Intellectual Ventures have come up with lots of wild ideas over the years. Some of… Read More

Politicians look to leash patent trolls with new SHIELD Act

Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio is sick and tired of patent trolls, and he’s not going to take it anymore. DeFazio… Read More

Silicon Labs inks deal with Intellectual Ventures; Sharp renews patent deal with Pendrell

Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures continues to ink deals with large technology companies, adding to its list of more than 30… Read More

Intellectual Ventures, Nvidia buy trove of LTE patents

Intellectual Ventures and graphics processor company Nvidia have teamed up to acquire hundreds of patents related to LTE, LTE-Advanced and… Read More

Intellectual Ventures’ chief dealmaker on patents, used cars and creating a new market

Andy Elder isn’t from Seattle originally, but he’s accustomed to the rain, having grown up in England. As a kid,… Read More

How former Microsoft tech chief Nathan Myhrvold could have created the iPhone

Nathan Myhrvold is back in the national spotlight again, but in a very different way this time. A cover story… Read More

Nathan Myhrvold sees ‘vindication’ in growing importance of tech patents

The featured speaker this morning at the Pacific Science Center‘s Foundations of Science breakfast in Seattle was Nathan Myhrvold, the… Read More

ClassifiedAds.com hires a VP of engineering as it pulls in profits

Fast-growing ClassifiedAds.com has named Jim Nutt — the former director of software engineering at Intellectual Ventures — to the position of… Read More

Broadband on a plane: Intellectual Ventures has a better way coming in 2014

Is Nathan Myhrvold about to improve your in-flight broadband connection? That’s one of the promises of a new type of… Read More

Intellectual Ventures and LG Electronics reach patent deal

Intellectual Ventures has just added another big company to its stable of patent licensees, announcing a patent agreement with consumer… Read More

Intellectual Ventures sues Nikon for patent infringement

Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based company led by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold, has filed suit against camera giant Nikon… Read More

Intellectual Ventures sues Motorola over six patents

Motorola has been sued for patent infringement by Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based company run by former Microsoft technology chief Nathan… Read More

Intellectual Ventures signs patent deal with Wistron

Intellectual Ventures announced another patent licensing deal this morning, this one with Wistron, the large technology manufacturer based in Taiwan.… Read More

Intellectual Ventures, Mac OS X Lion, and Windows 8 (KUOW)

This American Life’s investigation of Intellectual Ventures offers some important lessons for the tech industry, Mac OS X Lion signals… Read More

Intellectual Ventures accused of ‘mafia-style shakedown’ in This American Life exposé

I was absolutely glued to the radio today as I listened to the latest episode of This American Life in… Read More

Intellectual Ventures sues HP, Dell and others over patents

Dell, HP, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and others have been sued by Intellectual Ventures, the Bellevue-based company run by former Microsoft… Read More

Intellectual Ventures floats idea for hiding phone calls — inspired by Tiger Woods?

In a newly surfaced patent application, a group of inventors affiliated with former Microsoft technology chief Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures… Read More

BlueCat enters patent deal with Intellectual Ventures

Intellectual Ventures, the patent holding firm operated by former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, has inked a deal with… Read More

Micron, Intellectual Ventures enter licensing agreement

Intellectual Ventures continues to ink deals with big technology companies, gobbling up patents and helping some of the industry stalwarts… Read More