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That's almost exactly how it worked at IBM. Plus there was always pressure from management to file patents.
by CountHackulus 12y ago
That's almost exactly how it worked at IBM. Plus there was always pressure from management to file patents.
- pbhjpbhj 12y ago>there was always pressure from management to file patents // IBM's past technical disclosure bulletins (TDB) [I think they stopped them a while back] suggest that there wasn't "always" pressure just that they realise[d] that their patent portfolio is one of their greatest assets - strongly encouraging employees to flag apparent innovations (and getting upstream oversight of those innovations) means that IBM can make the most of the inventiveness of their employees though. The public benefit is early disclosure of every possible innovation and the TDB helped to disseminate details of tech that may not have been well known.