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Serious question: What is the difference between patent-intensive and patent-encumbered?
by tankbot 14y ago
Serious question: What is the difference between patent-intensive and patent-encumbered?
- ericflo 14y agoEncumbered is a pejorative.
- tankbot 14y agoAh, I see what it is now. Thanks :)
- thirdtruck 14y agoI would compare it to the idea of international travel as "passport intensive" or of the recording industry as "lawsuit intensive".
- debacle 14y agoPatent-encumbered industries are industries where innovation is not occurring due to patent strangulation. Patent-intensive industries are those which require patent protection to protect the R&D investments of corporations and ensure innovation. Patent-encumbered: mobile phones Patent-intensive: artificial joints