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How do you protect a good idea? — [VIDEO]

Robert Kearns @Wikipedia.

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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.

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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

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