Patent Quotes

103 quotes by 88 authors

That reminds me to remark, in passing, that the very first official thing I did, in my administration-and it was on the first day of… — Mark Twain
The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is taken. All the tools and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Out of all the neighborhoods in Manhattan, Soho in particular had the charged atmosphere of a movie set, populated with passersby who looked like extras… — Candace Bushnell
Some blame the drug companies. I don't. They are corporations. Their managers are ordered by law to make money for the corporation. They push a… — Lawrence Lessig
I am explicitly not opening the giant can of worms that is the ongoing current discussion of patent, copyright, and trademark reform. — James Fallows
I've never filed a patent lawsuit. I hope never to file a patent lawsuit. That may be unrealistic, but it would be great if I… — Nathan Myhrvold
In 1854 I took out a patent for puddling iron by means of steam. — James Nasmyth
We were proposing, in a sense, that the rest of the world be made safe for American ideas, as they adopted intellectual property rights that… — Jeffrey Sachs
The payment made by a manufacturer to a patentee for the privilege of using the patent process, is usually termed, in commercial language, a rent;… — Nassau William Senior
It is indeed acceptable practice to sometimes split an infinitive. If infinitive-splitting makes available just the shade of meaning you desire or if avoiding the… — Richard Lederer
This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control. But it does… — Lawrence Lessig
The quality of American patents has been deteriorating for years; they are increasingly issued for products and processes that are not truly innovative - things… — Robert Pozen
I always recommend, if you can, to patent or protect whatever your idea is. If you can't, you have to make your best judgment. Sometimes… — Lori Greiner
This is the patent-age of new inventions For killing bodies, and for saving souls, All propagated with the best intentions; Sir Humphrey Davy's lantern, by… — Lord Byron
A man has a very insecure tenure of a property which another can carry away with his eyes. A few months reduced me to the… — Samuel Crompton
I would have had my patent long, long ago, and it would have run out long, long ago. I would have made, maybe, $100.000, much… — Gordon Gould
Shall an invention be patented or donated to the public freely? I have known some well-meaning scientific men to look askance at the patenting of… — Elihu Thomson
When we speak of the perfection of art, we must recollect what the materials are with which a painter contends with nature. For the light… — John Constable
Hope is a strange invention - A Patent of the Heart - In unremitting action Yet never wearing out — Emily Dickinson
I wish I could put a patent on that thing. That was so straight I had to lean over sideways to see the flag! — Gary Player

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