Collaboration during technology development is undoubtedly a good thing. As costs of R&D increase and product lifecycles continue to shorten, more companies are adopting Open …
A recent article in the LA times tells the story of a long time AT&T customer who sent two ideas to the CEO on how to improve customer experience, only to be answered by the legal department asking him not to contact the company with suggestions ever…
The predominant way that companies extract value from their patents is through the sales of products that include technologies covered by one or multiple patents. Under this paradigm…
Open innovation is all about finding and benefiting from new sources of technologies and expertise. One of the greatest, yet underutilized of these resources, is the network of Federal…
Last week Mozilla announced it will start using the Mozilla Open Software Patent License, a new way to protect software that aims to balance the benefits of patents with the philosophy of open…
Founded in 1847, Siemens is a global technology conglomerate and the largest engineering company in Europe. The …
Open Business Models builds on Chesbrough’s landmark first book Open Innovation, to delve even deeper into how companies …
One of the disclosure requirements for obtaining a patent. The inventor must disclose the best way he knows of carrying out his invention, which could include specific materials or methods. The goal of this requirement is to obtain full disclosure from inventors so that others can practice the invention.
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