Think of Intellectual Ventures as an example. IV licenses patents for litigation but pretend to be inventors. I say pretend because most of their revenue comes from litigation, while publicly promote their inventions. If anyone is interested, there is an old, but relevant, NPR podcast about them and the use of shell companies to hide their identity.
I believe reading that MS has a stake on IV, but I can't find anything on that. IV founder was MS' CTO. It can also be done covertly.
Think of Intellectual Ventures as an example. IV licenses patents for litigation but pretend to be inventors. I say pretend because most of their revenue comes from litigation, while publicly promote their inventions. If anyone is interested, there is an old, but relevant, NPR podcast about them and the use of shell companies to hide their identity.
I believe reading that MS has a stake on IV, but I can't find anything on that. IV founder was MS' CTO. It can also be done covertly.
Oh...and just found this:
https://www.google.com.mx/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=we...