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A comment on Nathan Myhrvold’s Patent Extortion Fund Is Reaping Hundreds Of Millions of Dollars. Parent comment

Re:Nathan Myhrvold’s Patent Extortion Fund Is Reaping Hundre... by anamax on Thursday September 18, 2008 @03:03PM (#308443)
What is an acceptable way for a pure researcher to make money?

Note that you've already excluded "publish your invention and charge other people to use it".

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Re:Nathan Myhrvold’s Patent Extortion Fund Is Reaping Hundre... by Hexstream on Thursday September 18, 2008 @04:45PM (#308564)
... this is getting confusing. Isn't Intellectual Ventures your run-of-the-mill patent troll? Don't invent anything worthwhile, acquire patents, sue companies that get stuff done?...
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