Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
In a world of widely distributed knowledge, companies cannot afford to rely entirely on their own research, but should instead buy or… — Henry Chesbrough Copy Share Image
“Children listen to their parents And to their wife when they are bigger. In places where women are of little consequence, they… — A.J. Beirens Copy Share Image
That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Copies have been dethroned; the economic model built on them is collapsing. In a regime of superabundant free copies, copies are no… — David Shields Copy Share Image
The devil is the father of lies, but he neglected to patent the idea, and the business now suffers from competition. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
The days are over when technology can be advanced in laboratories by individual scientists alone. Now you need an army of lawyers… — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
There is no short-cut no patent tram-road, to wisdom. After all the centuries of invention, the soul's path lies through the thorny… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Patents? Disappointed? Don't think of it that way. Software patents weren't feasible then so we chose not to risk $10,000. — Bob Frankston Copy Share Image
God bless the man who first invented sleep!" So Sancho Panza said and so say I; And bless him, also, that he… — John Godfrey Saxe Copy Share Image
No political party has exclusive patent rights on prosperity. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Ultimately the judge threw Moore’s suit out of court, saying he had no case. Ironically, in his decision, the judge cited the… — Rebecca Skloot Copy Share Image
“A Patent is not a license to make money, it is a license to prevent others from making money.” — Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
There is now a patent restricting the use of an herb called philantis neruri for curing jaundice. An even more blatant example… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today. — Miguel de Icaza Copy Share Image
I've just been told that Nestle has taken out patents on the making of pullao. (Pullao is the way we make our… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
“Ideas in your mind have no patent value. They must be expressed or reduced to practice before it is too late” — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
If you read Wall Streets reports, they dont talk of soya bean as originating in China. They dont talk of soya bean… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
“Inventions cannot be judged on patent parameters, but patents have the ability to take inventions very far” — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
Anarchism is no patent solution for all human problems, no Utopia of a perfect social order, as it has often been called,… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
It's very hard for individual inventors to get paid. For the same reason that private equity is valuable - broadly, that's a… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
Is Bliss then, such Abyss, I must not put my foot amiss For fear I spoil my shoe? I'd rather suit my… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
With the rise of software patents, engineers coding new stuff - whether within a large software company or as kids writing smartphone… — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image
The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so,… — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image