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Patently Messed Up

Patently Messed Up

By Guest Authors on October 23, 2012

What is innovation? It’s a simple enough question, except that it is not. Most innovation is synthesis of other ideas. Rare is there something entirely new that is invented. (And even then the argument can be made it is just synthesis.) And, is something really innovation if five other people come up with it concurrently? […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Apple, bell, Elisha Gray, MagSafe, Patent office, patent troll, patents, Prior art, telecom

Fixing Software Patents, One Hack At Time

Fixing Software Patents, One Hack At Time

By Chirag Mehta on April 30, 2012

Software patents are broken and patent trolls are seriously hurting innovation. Companies are spending more money on buying patents to launch offensive strikes against other companies instead of competing by building great products. There are numerous patent horror stories I could outline where they are being used for all purposes except to innovate. In fact […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Open Source, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Creative Commons, crowdsourcing, innovation, patent troll, patents, Prior art

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