Between 1980 and 2000 the number of patents registered in Israel was 7652 compared with 367 for all the Arab countries combined. — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Except in very narrow cases, where there's breakthrough science that needs patent production, worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If… — Eric Ries Copy Share Image
[Economists' advice] is something like patent medicine - people know it is largely manufactured by quacks and that a good percentage of… — Barbara Bergmann Copy Share Image
Don't negotiate with terrorists; patent trolls have done more damage to the United States economy than any domestic or foreign terrorist organization… — Drew Curtis Copy Share Image
While the proximate ground of discrimination may be of another kind, still the pervading principle and abiding test of good breeding is… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
Know your stuff. Have an angle. Know how to grow business, how to develop products, have patents and an undeveloped market that… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
No one told these American soldiers they might be shot down by bullets made by their own brothers here. No one told… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
As the commercial confrontation between [free software] and software-that's-a-product becomes more fierce, patent law's going to be the terrain on which a… — Eben Moglen 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
In liberal society we claim that freedom of speech is sacred and therefore has an absolute character. But we know (or should… — Talal Asad Copy Share Image
For one thing, there are many "inventions" that are not patentable. The "inventor" of the supermarket, for example, conferred great benefits on… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
As academics we have pretty good judgment about the quality of institutions that cannot simply be measured by counting the number of… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
For a decade, makers of AIDS medicines had rejected the idea of lowering prices in poor countries for fear of eroding profits… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
A man has a very insecure tenure of a property which another can carry away with his eyes. A few months reduced… — Samuel Crompton Copy Share Image
Success is not to be gained by a blind and slavish following of anyone's rules or advice, our own any more than… — William Walker Atkinson Copy Share Image
Like medieval theologians we had a philosophy that explained everything to us in advance, and everything that did not fit could be… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
I mistrust these people in music industry who can be everybody. This is where technology dictates to them. I mistrust that, that… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
When we speak of the perfection of art, we must recollect what the materials are with which a painter contends with nature.… — John Constable Copy Share Image
If you want to wear nude, go with suede or a beautiful leather, please, if I see one more nude patent stiletto… — Jaime King Copy Share Image
At Mint, we developed five pending patents on our technology, ranging from categorization to the Ways to Save system that calculates how… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
If people don't get paid for their inventions, that's not a good thing. In the case of many patents, there are people… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
We hear, "Oh, we need to patent GMOs and develop new strains and new chemicals because Nature can't provide what we need."… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is taken. All… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Patent law holds us back, in every which way, shape or form. There is place for it, in physical products, in pharmaceuticals,… — Mark Cuban Copy Share Image
“We also need a way to regulate the way some companies and individuals buy up patents of promising ideas that would threaten… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies - you had only to look at… — Frances Parkinson Keyes Copy Share Image
I'm so excited about school. I'm such a shameless student. I laid my clothes out last night, just like I did before… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
“The history of patents includes a wealth of attempts to reward friends of the government and restrict or control dangerous technologies.” — James Boyle Copy Share Image
I had removed my patent leather shoes after a while, for they foundered badly in the sand. It pleased me to think… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
One reason I never patent my products is that if I did it would take so much time, I would get nothing… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
There are certain zip codes that generate a disproportionate share of patents, of startups, of wealth, of jobs. And it's really important… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
It is a most extraordinary thing, but I never read a patent medicine advertisement without being impelled to the conclusion that I… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“You can derive value from the Indian patent system, provided you know how it works. Stop cribbing about how it is not… — Kalyan C. Kankanala 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
I had to learn everything about manufacturing, patents and how to run a business, and eventually I came up with an prototype… — Melissa George Copy Share Image
I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be… — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
Food is the very heart of freedom. How can people be free if they can't feed themselves without getting sued for patent… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
“One must Judge Patents of Public Funded Institutions in India by their Inventive Contribution, not financial or commercial value they have generated.… — Kalyan C. Kankanala Copy Share Image
I never was an Abolitionest, not even what could be called anti slavery, but I try to judge farely and honestly and… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
![“[Economists' advice] is something like patent medicine - people know it is largely manufactured by quacks and that a good percentage of the time it won't work, but they continue to buy the brand whose flavor they like.” quote by Barbara Bergmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/barbara-bergmann-64259_advice_economists-advice-is-something-like-pate_3170455.jpg)
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