ITWorld: Baseball book spurs Microsoft patent model http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-174353/itworld:baseball-book-spurs-microsoft-patent-model Posts in the discussion thread "ITWorld: Baseball book spurs Microsoft patent model" - That price doesn't reflect the inherent value of the technology described in the patent. For low-quality patents, the price reflects the cost of defending against the patent in court. High-quality patents are different, with prices reflecting the cost of not owning it. "The tricky thing with patents is that the value of the patent depends not so much on the patent itself but the revenue that is compromised for the company against whom the patent is asserted," Gutierrez said. http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-174353#post-555737 ITWorld: Baseball book spurs Microsoft patent model http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-174353/itworld:baseball-book-spurs-microsoft-patent-model#post-555737 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:24:37 +0000 zoobab 2946 "That price doesn't reflect the inherent value of the technology described in the patent. For low-quality patents, the price reflects the cost of defending against the patent in court. High-quality patents are different, with prices reflecting the cost of not owning it. "The tricky thing with patents is that the value of the patent depends not so much on the patent itself but the revenue that is compromised for the company against whom the patent is asserted," Gutierrez said."

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