Interval

Interval Research Corporation has produced a patent troll which is owned and operated by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Posts which are an ongoing exploration of the subject include:

2010

 * What is Interval Research Corporation? (Origin of Paul Allen’s Patent Troll)
 * Second Microsoft Co-founder Becomes a Patent Troll Just Like Bill Gates, Sues Microsoft Competitors
 * Microsoft a Major Breeding Ground of Patent Trolls
 * Paul Allen’s Patent Troll Obviously Did Not Sue Microsoft, But Why Did Amazon Get a Free Pass?
 * Why Paul Allen (Interval Patent Troll) Targets Companies That Do Not Cross-license With (or Pay) Microsoft
 * Red Hat Pushes for Patent Reform While Microsoft Patent Trolls Are Suing, Sometimes Losing (lawsuit dismissed)
 * Patent Trolls Paul Allen and Jay Walker Will Carry on Trolling

2011

 * Microsoft Co-founder — Like Microsoft and Intellectual Ventures — Helps Add Patent Tax to Linux
 * Microsoft Patent Trolls Intellectual Ventures and Interval Extortion Sue by Proxy, Directly
 * Microsoft’s Three Musketeers (Gates, Allen, Myhrvold) Still Assault the Market With Patents