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> And for the last 24 years straight, IBM has earned more patents than any other company (it’s not even close) That's not a great measure of technical leadersh
by albertgoeswoof 9y ago
> And for the last 24 years straight, IBM has earned more patents than any other company (it’s not even close)
That's not a great measure of technical leadership. Shows they have good lawyers though!
- abtinf 9y agoWhy isn’t that a good measure of technical leadership?
- cannonedhamster 9y agoBecause any old chump can file a patent request and get it approved. There's a reason patent trolls exist.
- abtinf 9y agoRestating your argument: there have been cases in which patents of questionable quality have been granted which recognize questionable rights; there exist entities who act in bad faith to acquire patents for the purpose enforcing those questionable rights; therefore, all patents are of questionable quality in the possession of entities who act in bad faith to enforce questionable rights. This is self-evidently fallacious reasoning. It also drops the context that tech companies in aggregate spend tens of billions of dollars per year on R&D, creating the incredible world of technology, industry, and human flourishing in which we live.
- albertgoeswoof 9y agoThe point is more that creating patents doesn’t add value whatsoever, nor is it representative of adding value in some other way. The only people that see a net gain on patents are lawyers, and big corps- that’s why they spend billions on them.