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Wired
April 2002
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Televisionary In a stroke of genius, Philo T. Farnsworth changed the way we see the world. Then corporate America pushed him out of the picture...   |
Fast Company
July 2010
Suzy Evans |
Mistaken Inventors One hundred years ago, Alva J. Fisher patented the electric motor-powered washing machine, so we could one day clean our clothes by turning a knob and pressing a button. But as Fisher and other inventors have learned: Creation and credit aren't always easily linked. |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
Dave Mock |
The Lowdown on Patent Shakedowns The business of extorting license fees for patents can be very lucrative -- and damaging. It is important for investors to understand how the companies they own utilize and protect their inventions -- and what approach management has taken to deal with intellectual property disputes. |
Popular Mechanics
December 9, 2009
Erik Sofge |
Inventors Slam Patent Reform Effort Some of America's most prolific inventors say the changes in patent law could seriously impair the culture of innovation that has long driven prosperity in this country. |
CIO
January 1, 2003
Christopher Koch |
Patently Stupid? It's not clear at the start of 2003 whether the software patent frenzy will cause innovation to flower or be trampled. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2007
Steven Rubin |
Hooray for the Patent Troll! Patent owners who are often accused of being patent trolls are acting within the law. There is nothing wrong either with them or the law. Far from stifling innovation, trolls foster it. By creating market liquidity, "patent trolls" provide a valuable service to inventors. |
Information Today
September 15, 2011
George H. Pike |
Congress Enacts Patent Reform Legislation In what is being described as the most substantial overhaul of U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years, Congress passed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, patent reform legislation that has been years in the making. |
Smithsonian
January 2007
Eric Jaffe |
Patent Pending The Supreme Court may soon reinvent the rules for invention. At issue: whether to change the standard for considering an invention "obvious" -- and therefore ineligible for patent. |
