Patent Trolls, Not Unlike the Ones Under Norwegian Bridges

Nov 15, 2007

Former Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold’s investment firm Intellectual Ventures is poised to go global, reports the Wall Street Journal. The company plans to raise $1 billion to develop and patent inventions, especially from Asian universities, that they can then license.

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