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Startups Beware: Patents are Like Umbrellas. False Confidence.
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Q&A revisited: Really, How Do I Sell My Idea to a Big Company. Part 2.
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The patent system as it relates to software and the web and mobile apps is broken. It doesn’t work. It doesn’t protect the right people and it’s being used by the wrong people for what amounts to...
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Why Market Numbers Are Like Patents: Good, But Not To Be Believed
I was enjoying Chris Dixon’s Size markets using narratives, not numbers when I realized his point is a lot like a point I like to make about patents: good to have, but not to believe in On sizing new...
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Startups Beware: Patents are Like Umbrellas. False Confidence.
For startups, patents are nice to have, but not if you trust them to really protect you. In that they’re like umbrellas. Good protection in a drizzle. False confidence in a downpour. I write that...
View ArticleQ&A: How Do I Sell My Idea to A Big Company?
This is another email question I received via my ask-me-a-question form on my timberry.com site. I’ve edited it slightly: I recently read your article protect your ideas and I have an idea that I want...
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5 Signs of Patent Sharks Preying on Your Dream Invention
I’m really sorry to be the one to throw a bucket of cold reality splashing over inventors’ dreams. But darn, patents don’t mean what they once did, and businesses preying on patent hopefuls are not...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Q&A revisited: Really, How Do I Sell My Idea to a Big Company. Part 2.
Irony: This post from about a year ago explains why you can’t sell an idea to a large company, and recommends not even trying. And dozens of reader comments ask how to do exactly what the post itself...
View ArticleTrue Story of Beating a Patent Troll
The patent system as it relates to software and the web and mobile apps is broken. It doesn’t work. It doesn’t protect the right people and it’s being used by the wrong people for what amounts to...
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