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by joe_the_user 5429 days ago
The thing about Intellectual Ventures is there seems to be a fine or maybe non-existent line between companies-investing-in-IV and companies-strong-armed by IV.

I'd agree it would be even better if Google never gave a dime to patent trolls but there's a little more to the story than just Google investing in IV.

See: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_27/b3991401....