nathan myhrvold

Food has changed a lot over the last few decades. There's a lot more stuff like high fructose corn syrup in the food we eat, and formerly obscure techniques like sous-vide cooking are becoming more well-known.

Here are a few quick links on some modern foods.

Last year, Zusha Elinson broke the story that, despite Nathan Myhrvold hiding behind the claim that Intellectual Ventures hadn't sued anyone over patent infringement, IV's patents were miraculously showing up in lawsuits being filed by shell companies.

Of course, IV and the shell companies have been completely silent over how this all works, so IV can pretend to be totally separate.

Despite claims that no VCs would ever invest in companies without patents, we've been seeing more and more VCs moving over to the side of recognizing that patents are more often hindering their portfolio companies rather than helping them -- and these are some of the most respected VCs around these days.

NY Times: "Nathan Myhrvold, chief of Intellectual Ventures, says patent holders are being treated unfairly."

Boycott Novell: "THE PREVIOUS Comes vs Microsoft exhibit which we dealt with showed Nathan Myhrvold ridiculing GNU/Linux and comparing it to Soviet Russia.

It is no secret that Myhrvold dislikes Free software and having left Microsoft, he is now patent-trolling all sorts of companies."

TechFlash: "This happened a while back, but the video made it to YouTube only recently. For your weekend enjoyment, here's Jimmy Kimmel's take on the hurricane-prevention patent filing made by Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold and others connected to Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures."