Comments for Chris Walters http://ccwalters.com just me Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:38:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on IgniteDallas 3 Promotional Video by Sheri Bell-R http://ccwalters.com/2011/02/ignitedallas-3-vide/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Sheri Bell-R Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:38:38 +0000 http://ccwalters.com/?p=187#comment-88 Fabo video, Chris. Your site rocks, too. ;-) Sheri Fabo video, Chris. Your site rocks, too. ;-)

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]]> Comment on Brad Feld’s “Do Patents Slow Down Innovation?” – with comments by Steven Thrasher http://ccwalters.com/2010/01/brad-felds-do-patents-slow-down-innovation-with-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Steven Thrasher Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:13:18 +0000 http://ccwalters.com/?p=35#comment-5 Leave it to academic-types to wonder if what works in the real world works in theory. Two hundred years of world-wide experience demonstrate that rewarding innovations with temporary monopolies (ie--the profit motive) always results in more innovation. This is also true for software companies. Without the "unfair advantage" of intellectual property, no rational investor would risk their money creating code that could be clean-room copied. I've heard the cited antidotes before, and, frankly, I think that they are bunk. There are simply too many developed libraries of code that are open-source and documented & vetted for IP issues, as well as too many patent resources available to check for infringement issues (which, is a large part of my patent practice). The USPTO website as well as PatentStorm.us are free. Such belly-aching about it being "risky" and "difficult" are cop-outs for the lazy, unimaginative, or corrupt. Those that don't have the funds to pay for a patent search (a knock-out search, without an opinion can cost under $1000) either don't take their business seriously, or need to move out of their parent's basement. Leave it to academic-types to wonder if what works in the real world works in theory. Two hundred years of world-wide experience demonstrate that rewarding innovations with temporary monopolies (ie–the profit motive) always results in more innovation. This is also true for software companies.

Without the “unfair advantage” of intellectual property, no rational investor would risk their money creating code that could be clean-room copied.

I’ve heard the cited antidotes before, and, frankly, I think that they are bunk. There are simply too many developed libraries of code that are open-source and documented & vetted for IP issues, as well as too many patent resources available to check for infringement issues (which, is a large part of my patent practice). The USPTO website as well as PatentStorm.us are free. Such belly-aching about it being “risky” and “difficult” are cop-outs for the lazy, unimaginative, or corrupt. Those that don’t have the funds to pay for a patent search (a knock-out search, without an opinion can cost under $1000) either don’t take their business seriously, or need to move out of their parent’s basement.

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