http://www.cogitolingua.net/blog/2009/09/04/intellectual-land-grab/ Sounding out the Noosphere. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:58:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.cogitolingua.net/blog/2009/09/04/intellectual-land-grab/comment-page-1/#comment-4026 erich Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:27:15 +0000 http://www.cogitolingua.net/blog/?p=268#comment-4026 <a href="http://timothyblee.com/?p=781" rel="nofollow">Nathan Myhrvold’s Evil Genius</a> points out that the firm, Intellectual Venture's, exploits the patent system to achieve the <em>opposite</em> of its intent. The firm extracts money from the market through legal threats that have the effect of discouraging innovation. Nathan Myhrvold’s Evil Genius points out that the firm, Intellectual Venture’s, exploits the patent system to achieve the opposite of its intent. The firm extracts money from the market through legal threats that have the effect of discouraging innovation.

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