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I’m pretty sure patents are required for promotion in IBM. Very big insensitive for the engineers and research staff :p
by google234123 5y ago
I’m pretty sure patents are required for promotion in IBM. Very big insensitive for the engineers and research staff :p
- doener 5y agoThis could lead to trivial patents which are responsible for patent trolling.
- dtagames 5y agoHaving worked there, I'd say their parents are anything but trivial. They're also a huge source of licensing revenue and cross-licensing agreements with other companies that have valuable patent portfolios. IBM is anything but a patent troll.
- dtagames 5y agoThis isn't true and tens of thousands of IBM employees work in areas where writing patents is not part of the job. IBM has a lot of patents because they invent a lot of things. It's in their culture. And it's profitable for the company, not because it gets individuals a promotion.