FTC: Brian Kahin, The Patent Ecosystem in IT: Business Practice and Arbitrage http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-112134/ftc:brian-kahin-the-patent-ecosystem-in-it:business-practice Posts in the discussion thread "FTC: Brian Kahin, The Patent Ecosystem in IT: Business Practice and Arbitrage" - "[B]oth researchers and companies in component industries simply ignore patents. Virtually everyone does it. They do it at all stages of endeavor. From the perspective of an outsider to the patent system, this is a remarkable fact. And yet it may be what prevents the patent system from crushing innovation in component industries like IT." -- Mark Lemley, Ignoring Patents (2008) Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:59:56 +0000 http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-112134#post-331378 FTC: Brian Kahin, The Patent Ecosystem in IT: Business Practice and Arbitrage http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-112134/ftc:brian-kahin-the-patent-ecosystem-in-it:business-practice#post-331378 Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:07:33 +0000 zoobab 2946 ""[B]oth researchers and companies in component industries simply ignore patents. Virtually everyone does it. They do it at all stages of endeavor. From the perspective of an outsider to the patent system, this is a remarkable fact. And yet it may be what prevents the patent system from crushing innovation in component industries like IT." — Mark Lemley, Ignoring Patents (2008)"

Source: http://www.ftc.gov/bc/workshops/ipmarketplace/docs/bkahin.pdf

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