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New research shows that in-person encounters drive creativity. … Read More Creativity Needs Contact
New research shows that in-person encounters drive creativity. … Read More Creativity Needs Contact
Small startups are the drivers of innovation. Inventors start companies, develop their ideas, secure financial backing, line up customers, and grow organically. Think about all of those stories of inventors in garages, cooking up the new ideas that change our lives. Big companies are always worried that some small company is out there, plotting to… Read More New Study Shows that Creativity Drops When You Move to a Big Company
Last week a U.S. jury sided with Apple in its patent case against Samsung and awarded Apple $1.05 billion. Robin Feldman, an intellectual property law professor at the University of California Hastings Law School, said this just before the verdict: “The trial is evidence of a patent system that is out of control. No matter… Read More Apple Wins in Court; Innovation Loses
The answer, according to a new study, is NO. There’s a lot of evidence that property rights in general lead to more successful economies: countries that have laws to protect individual property owners experience more rapid economic growth. Some economists have argued that this should hold true for strong patents, too–after all, a patent is… Read More Do Patents Increase Innovation?
What’s your visual image of a brilliant scientist? A nerdy man in a lab coat, working late in some basement laboratory with beakers and test tubes? Someone typing at a computer in their office? Well, clear your mind of that image, because science today is all about collaboration and teamwork. This is the message of… Read More The Lone Genius Loses to the Team
How do you translate a new idea into a profitable innovation? One of the first steps is to get a patent, to make sure that no one else can steal your idea. To receive a patent, you have to show that your idea meets three criteria: it has to be novel; it has to be… Read More It’s Obvious (KSR v. Teleflex)