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Musings of the IP Gnome: The curious foci of modern news media
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Musings of the IP Gnome. Thoughts on intellectual property, research and development, technology, and scientific innovation. Thursday, December 18, 2008. The curious foci of modern news media. So a story about how there are two large holes in the Earths magnetic field. Shows up well below the fold, while stories about assorted minutia accrue top billing. And folks wonder why the world works the way it does . Why can't the media exercise some discretion in regard to the stories they promote?
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Musings of the IP Gnome: December 2007
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Musings of the IP Gnome. Thoughts on intellectual property, research and development, technology, and scientific innovation. Thursday, December 27, 2007. Is Intellectual Capital More Important than Natural Resources? It is interesting to contemplate - has intellectual capital become more important to GNP around the globe than the exploitation of natural resources? The second is less clear - it is fairly apparent that at some point in the future intellectual property, capital, and expertise will take the ...
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Musings of the IP Gnome: January 2008
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Musings of the IP Gnome. Thoughts on intellectual property, research and development, technology, and scientific innovation. Wednesday, January 16, 2008. In just over a decade, a quarter of Europe's population will be over 65 - and populations throughout the first world are also aging. This article. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Huntington Beach, California, United States. View my complete profile.
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Musings of the IP Gnome: On the value of ideas and sweat equity
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Musings of the IP Gnome. Thoughts on intellectual property, research and development, technology, and scientific innovation. Friday, January 9, 2009. On the value of ideas and sweat equity. After the first few patents you file or companies you start you realize a couple of things:. 1) The idea itself is at most 10-20% of the insight and sweat equity required to get something off the ground. More commonly 1-5%. 7) If you are the kind of person who comes up with original ideas, you will have more than you ...
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Musings of the IP Gnome: Next generation affordable housing
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Musings of the IP Gnome. Thoughts on intellectual property, research and development, technology, and scientific innovation. Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Next generation affordable housing. Recently I have been thinking alot about the various options for prefab and recycled housing and temporary shelters. There are quite a few interesting projects based on the Mongolian yurt. About $15-$90 USD per square foot), some interesting portable solutions. 90-$150 USD per square foot) among others. It should be pos...
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Musings of the IP Gnome: Are commercially viable and functionally efficient electric vehicles finally almost here?
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Musings of the IP Gnome. Thoughts on intellectual property, research and development, technology, and scientific innovation. Thursday, March 12, 2009. Are commercially viable and functionally efficient electric vehicles finally almost here? The evolution of commercially viable electric and hybrid vehicles has been a long process, and from the sidelines it has been a sometimes painful process to watch. For electrical vehicles, it has also been clear that 'in wheel' motors provide a more efficient approach...
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Musings of the IP Gnome: August 2008
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Musings of the IP Gnome. Thoughts on intellectual property, research and development, technology, and scientific innovation. Monday, August 11, 2008. Patent Gridlock - The Tragedy of the Anticommons. I ran into an interesting post on Slashdot. And cannot be built. At the current time, the claims of partial interest are so complicated and numerous that the new innovation is doomed before it can even be brought to market. Thus the tragedy of the anticommons. Disallow business method patents. Restrict the s...
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Musings of the IP Gnome: January 2009
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Musings of the IP Gnome. Thoughts on intellectual property, research and development, technology, and scientific innovation. Wednesday, January 21, 2009. Is modern industry heading back toward a distributed model? There is a trend I have noticed over the past ten years or so that appears to be gaining momentum. Started with JIT (just in time). One important reason this change appears to be happening is that the technological basis for these activities is continuing to evolve. Solar, wind, hydro, geot...
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Musings of the IP Gnome: The patent race in 2008
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Musings of the IP Gnome. Thoughts on intellectual property, research and development, technology, and scientific innovation. Friday, January 16, 2009. The patent race in 2008. Looks like IBM is back on top in the patent wars. An article. From Reuters says IBM was granted 4,168 patents in 2008, the most ever received by a single entity in a year. Samsung was second with 2,515. Perhaps more interesting is the source that Reuters used to acquire this data - a company called IFI Claims Patent Services.
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Musings of the IP Gnome: March 2009
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Musings of the IP Gnome. Thoughts on intellectual property, research and development, technology, and scientific innovation. Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Next generation affordable housing. Recently I have been thinking alot about the various options for prefab and recycled housing and temporary shelters. There are quite a few interesting projects based on the Mongolian yurt. About $15-$90 USD per square foot), some interesting portable solutions. 90-$150 USD per square foot) among others. It should be pos...
