With the exception of Nova Scotian Pirates, Sourcing Innovation is quite negative where pirates are concerned. But not all pirates are created equal – some are much more pernicious than others. And the most pernicious of all the pirates are the Patent Pirates who should be made to walk the plank as soon as possible. […]
The patent pirates have been plundering for way too long. And we should all be fed up. Since SI alerted you to the problem way back in 2006, in a post on how The Software Patent Pirates will Plunder Away, inspired by a post by Dave Stephens on the now defunct Procurement Central, which evolved […]
According to this recent article over on CNN Money, patent trolls have cost investors Half A Trillion Dollars over the last 20 years. Half A Trillion Dollars! That’s an awful lot of innovation down the drain! At this point, I’m wondering which pirates are worse? The pirates off the coast of Somalia, who have escalated […]
Recently on Procurement Central, Dave Stephens wrote an article about the Software Patent Pirates who plunder patents for storage in their corporate “holds” like hidden weapons. These firms troll the high seas of business in search of easy prey. But unlike real pirates, their actions are completely legal, even if they do leave a bad […]
Intellectual property and patents are a good thing, right? They protect your inventions and prevent your competitors from stealing your innovation and making money off of them, right? As per our initial damnation post, wrong. The theory is considerably different from reality. They don’t stop your competition from stealing your ideas and inventions, they only […]