What will Nathan Myhrvold do with microprocessor patents?
Intellectual Ventures, the patent-licensing firm created by technologist Nathan Myhrvold, has purchased the patent portfolio of microprocessor maker Transmeta, according to an announcement yesterday.
Intellectual Venture Funding — owned by Seattle-based Intellectual Ventures — acquired 140 U.S. patents and more patent applications owned by Transmeta, a Santa Clara, Calif. maker of low-power microprocessors. Novafora just finalized its purchase of Transmeta initiated last November, since Transmeta had largely lost its war with Intel in the battle over… Continue Reading
Hope for the little guys at the Intellectual Property Symposium
Small inventors, beware. You’ve got to be crazy to be an entrepreneur. You’ve got to be even crazier to be an inventor. Patent reform could change things, but opportunities abound in the nascent intellectual property marketplace.
That was one of the consistent messages of the speakers at this week’s Intellectual Property Symposium at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose. With no Microprocessor Forum to attend (it’s been canceled), chip experts and patent lawyers itching for a… Continue Reading
Roundup: Google faces further DoubleClick delays, patent hoarder seeks $1B, and more
Here’s the latest action:
1) EU delays Google’s DoubleClick acquisition
2) Intellectual Ventures looking for $1B to buy patents
3) Wall Street Journal’s online version to be free
4) Microsoft working on Flickr competitor
5) … and changes the name of its mobile interface
6) Yahoo settles case brought by Chinese reporters
7) Wal-Mart’s $200 desktop sells out in two weeks
RackSpace servers go down; Om gets poetic
European Union sets back Google’s DoubleClick acquisition another five months — Saying it needs to examine… Continue Reading