Patent Law

History Lesson

By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

"Five years ago, a group of 15 corporate giants, which ironically had built their success on patents but now rely primarily on their market power and acquisitions for growth, wanted to weaken the U.S. Patent System and the protection it offered the new generation of innovators. These companies are trying to retain their position by pulling the economic ladder up behind themselves, and by forcing guaranteed access - on the cheap - to technology developed by others." - Dan Leckrone of the TPL Group, in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on April 17, 2009 (boomark / email).