Wave of the Future

For those of you who question my plan to abandon the computing world due to the lure of the law school, I present you with this article. It describes a company called Intellectual Ventures…

“[Its founders] have created the quintessential company for the 21st century. It doesn't actually make anything: it outsources, offshores and offloads nearly every task performed by regular corporations. It has no factories, machine shops or marketing teams. Only patent attorneys populate the quiet hallways.”

In a nutshell, their strategy is to buy patents from all across of the high-tech spectrum in an effort to set up a patent marketplace. Intriguing, I know. Intellectual property had become the #1 American export. According to Myhrvold, “Intellectual property is the next software.” Tell me magic eight ball, is this where my future lies?