Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures Sues Nine Companies -- Who's Next?

Joe Mullin @ paidContent.org - on 8/12/10
Nathan Myhrvold Loading... Giant patent-holder Intellectual Ventures Loading... has filed its first set of lawsuits today. While the complaints are against computer security companies and memory manufacturers, it's a safe bet that suits against internet enterprises are on the way. IV, which was founded by former Microsoft Loading... (NSDQ: MSFT) CTO Nathan Myhrv...
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Giant patent-holder Intellectual Ventures has filed its first set of lawsuits today. While the complaints are against computer security companies and memory manufacturers, it’s a safe bet that suits against internet enterprises are on the way. IV, which was founded by former Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CTO Nathan Myhrvold, has said it holds more than 30,000 patents, and a large number of those are related to internet technology.

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Intellectual Ventures, Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold, McAfee, Elpida Memory, Check Point, Trend Micro, Altera, Symantec Corporation, Microsemi Corporation

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