A Patent Is Worth Having, Right? Well, Maybe Not
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| For most public companies, patents don’t pay off, say a couple of researchers
| who have crunched the numbers.
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http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/15/business/yourmoney/15proto.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=33f1970fQ2FQ2BswcQ2BHgYmQ51ggQ23PQ2BPxxLQ2BxLQ2B@fQ2BckmT)wmmQ2B9gkQ51og)w9Q2B@fRQ51gQ23gU7Q23oV
IBM evangelises Euro patents
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| The EIOP is a bit more friendly to the open saucers and the anti-software
| patent campaigners such as the FFII and the Green Alliance.
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| Kappos said that the reason for this is that these groups are indicative of
| trends within the software industry towards open innovation and collaborative
| development.
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