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What stands out to you in the last 20 years?
by derwiki 9y ago
What stands out to you in the last 20 years?
- Cyph0n 9y agoIBM has been awarded more patents per year than any other company for the last 24 years[1]. In 2016 alone, IBM published ~22 patents per day, and ended up being ~2500 patents ahead of Samsung (#2). [1]: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/51353.wss http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/51353.wss
- bob_theslob646 9y agoDoes that necessarily mean that is impressive?( I know it is, I am just asking for someone who may not understand what having that type of scale of IP enables a company to do.)
- derwiki 9y agoProtective war chest: don't sue me, I probably own a patent you're infringing upon. At least my lawyers will make it seem so.
- foreigner 9y agoI was responsible for a couple of those parents and I can tell you that's all nonsense. IBM employees are encouraged to patent _anything_, regardless of how useless or silly it may be.
- Cyph0n 9y agoIsn't that kind of the best strategy? You -- as a corporation -- want to make investments for the future. Each patent is a possible income stream in the future if the technology behind the patent somehow becomes "big". So it makes sense to patent everything you can, just for the chance of one of them to go "big". Companies can't just spend money on research expecting no return, at least not for a long time. That's what academia is built to do.
- foreigner 9y agoNo I mean I saw some patents on downright silly stuff. Things completely unrelated to IBM's business or even tech. IBM just wants to wave that number around.