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I 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 us
by foreigner 9y ago
I 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.