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- Steven Krivit continues to trash Andrea Rossi and his LENR technology. — [LINK]
- Interview with Adam Lashinsky — [VIDEO]
- Why some people are more innovative — [VIDEO]
- Forbes editor deciphers Steve Jobs’s Apple. — [VIDEO]
- Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]
- Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]
- Global warming is a big scam. — [LINK]
- A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors — [VIDEO]
- The Tragedy of the Commons — [VIDEO]
- Guy Kawasaki on Steve Jobs — [VIDEO]
- Inside Apple — [VIDEO]
- Mitt Romney’s taxes — [LINKS]
- A critique of Apple’s multimedia iBooks. — [LINK]
- Does Apple lack “generosity”? — [LINKS]
- Apple Education Push — [LINKS]
- Water Crystals — [DOCUMENT]
- Apple’s e-book software will allow publishers to make textbooks more interactive. — [LINKS + VIDEO]
- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
- Computers thru time — [CHART]
- NASA has finally understood the theorical basis of LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions). — [VIDEO]
Tag Archives: patents
Google is a playground run by pranking adolescents. — [LINKS]
–> Read the story on how Google went bidding for the Nortel patents. Are these Mountain View people serious? RELATED: More on Google‘s take on patents.
Posted in Business
Tagged Apple, clowns, comedy, Google, intellectual property, IP, Microsoft, Mountain View, patents, professionalism, serousness
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The myth of the sole inventor — [PAPER + VIDEO]
The Myth of the Sole Inventor – PDF file. Discussion.
Posted in Business, Business & Economic Models, Business Administration, Economics, Inventions & Innovations, The Global Economy
Tagged Business, Economics, economy, global economy, growth, innovation, innovations, intellectual property, invention, inventions, IP, laws, Mark Lemley, patent, patents, Regulations, US economy
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Apple’s initial legal victory over rival HTC in a patent infringement suit could pave the way for Apple to collect high royalties from devices running Google Android. — [LINK]
” [...] the iPhone maker could garner a deal that’s similar to or even higher than the $5 per unit that Microsoft collects on HTC Android devices.”
Posted in Business, Information Technology, Inventions & Innovations
Tagged Apple, Apple iOS, Apple IPad, Apple iPhone, Apple iPod Touch, Google Android, HTC, intellectual properties, intellectual property, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, iPod Touch, patent, patent infringement suits, patents, royalties
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How do you protect a good idea? — [VIDEO]
Robert Kearns @Wikipedia.
Rejection of the patent claims involving a method of hedging risks in commodities trading
Wikipedia: The applicants (Bernard L. Bilski and Rand Warsaw) filed a patent application (on 10 April 1997) for a method of hedging risks in commodities trading. Such patent claims are often termed business method claims. [...] Bilski’s method claim was … Continue reading
Posted in Finance, Hedging & Insurance, Regulations
Tagged Bernard Bilski, Bernard L. Bilski, business method, business method claims, business methods, commodities, Hedging, hedging risks, intellectual property, method of hedging risks in commodities trading, patent, patent application, patent applications, patents, Rand Warsaw, risks, software patents
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Nathan Myhrvold on geo-engineering to combat global warming
Great interview on CNN — video. He also talks about “investing in inventions”.
Posted in Inventions & Innovations, Science
Tagged America, capital, China, climate change, climate science, Eart, Engineering, engineers, Freakonomics, geo-engineering, geoengineering, global warming, India, innovations, Intellectual Ventures, inventions, investing in innnovations, investing in inventions, Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold, patent, patent troll, patent trolls, patents, Planet Earth, Science, Super Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics, United States Of America, venture capital, venture capitalist, venture capitalists
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This month, the Supreme Court agreed to reconsider what can be patented.
Will economist Robin Hanson be sent to D.C. to testify against the “business method” patents and other crazy patents? “Today, we benefit from inventions made possible through highly collaborative and interconnected technologies. Many of the products that consumers demand are … Continue reading
Posted in Inventions & Innovations, Regulations
Tagged business method patents, innovations, laws, patents, Regulations, U.S. Supreme Court
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Patenting the prediction markets?
Robin Hanson is not amused. Here is a CNET article on how to fix the US patent system.
MicroSoft have patented the prediction markets.
Well, at least, one aspect of the prediction markets. Uniited States Patent Application: CONTINUOUS BETTING INTERFACE TO PREDICTION MARKET Abstract A user participates in trading securities in a prediction market which represent different outcomes of an event, using an interface … Continue reading