Was ist eigentlich das Gegenteil von „Open Data“, und was sind die Hintergründe weshalb nicht grundsätzlich schon alles „Open Data“ ist?
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Closed Data
Was ist eigentlich das Gegenteil von „Open Data“, und was sind die Hintergründe weshalb nicht grundsätzlich schon alles „Open Data“ ist?
Patents on Bronze Age Technology
Apple managed to get a patent on an invention which dates at least from 1290 B.C.
Patents on Bronze Age Technology
Apple managed to get a patent on an invention which dates at least from 1290 B.C.
Voices against the patent system: The Economist 1851
The Economist from 1851 with a very spirited piece against patents.
Voices against the patent system: The Economist 1851
The Economist from 1851 with a very spirited piece against patents.
The New Robot Patent
Just like the old Robot Patent (by Emperor Joseph II) this is of course all about rent-seeking. As we’ve noted in The Moby Dick Support Device, some egregiously stupid patent-officers started accepting patents based on the un-reasoning that a computer running a program makes it a different computer, just as a bookshelf which is used […]
The New Robot Patent
Just like the old Robot Patent (by Emperor Joseph II) this is of course all about rent-seeking. As we’ve noted in The Moby Dick Support Device, some egregiously stupid patent-officers started accepting patents based on the un-reasoning that a computer running a program makes it a different computer, just as a bookshelf which is used […]
The End of the Patent System
There’s two ways the patent system will end: Either we end it, or it will become a 20%+ tax to lawyers on everything.
The End of the Patent System
There’s two ways the patent system will end: Either we end it, or it will become a 20%+ tax to lawyers on everything.