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The Case Against Patents
- "The Case Against Patents"Introduction: "The case against patents can be summarized briefly: there is no empirical evidence that they serve to increase innovation and productivity, unless productivity is identified with the number of patents awarded—which, as evidence shows, has no correlation with measured productivity. This disconnect is at the root of what is called the 'patent puzzle': in spite of the enormous increase in the number of patents and in the strength of their legal protection, the U.S. economy has seen neither a dramatic acceleration in the rate of technological progress nor a major increase in the levels of research and development expenditure." Boldrin, Michele, and David K. Levine, "The Case Against Patents," Journal of Economic Perspectives (vol. 27, no. 1), Winter 2013, pp. 3-22
A Critique of the article by the CEO/Publisher of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
- A Cry from the Ivory Tower — An Attempt to Make the Case Against PatentsThe Scholarly Kitchen blog, February 21, 2013.
The Patent "Bull Market"
- What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market?"In July, a consortium led by Microsoft, Apple and wireless industry players such as Research in Motion paid $4.5 billion for 6,000 patents from the now liquidated networking company Nortel. Last month, Google purchased Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, in part to gain access to the company’s 17,000 patents. And Eastman Kodak, a company struggling to navigate the digital era, has multiple parties bidding to buy its patent portfolio.
"Welcome to the patent bull market. 'There is clearly a patent-hoarding mentality in technology — and in mobile communications, specifically,' says Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of legal studies and business ethics at Wharton. 'The game is to amass as many patents as you can.' "
Patent Reform
- American Innovators for Patent Reform"A coaltion of inventors, patent owners, researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, corporate executives, patent agents and attorneys, and others involved in creating or protecting innovation and advocating for stronger patent protection."
- Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Reform in the 116th CongressCongressional Research Service, September 17, 2019
- A Patent System for the 21st CenturyNational Academies Press, 2004
- To Promote Innovation: The Proper Balance of Competition and Patent Law and PolicyA Report by the Federal Trade Commission, October 2003
Facebook and Patents
- Facebook Secures Patent for News FeedFebruary 25, 2010, Mashable: The Social Media Guide
- Facebook's U.S Patents Increased 64 Pct. in 2019 YOYJanuary 15, 2020
- United States Patent 7669123: Dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social networkUSPTO, February 23, 2010. Assignee: Facebook, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)