Cases Quote by Nathan Myhrvold

If people don't get paid for their inventions, that's not a good thing. In the case of many patents, there are people who aren't…

— Nathan Myhrvold

That is the trouble with many inventors; they lack patience. They lack the willingness to work a thing out slowly and clearly and sharply…

— Nikola Tesla

One of the rookie mistakes first-time entrepreneurs often make is to be too guarded about their idea - in fact, many will actually spend…

— Scott Weiss

Having a good idea is one thing, but persuading other people to buy it is quite another. Good inventors are polymaths: they think with…

— James Dyson

It almost goes without saying that when you are a startup, one of the first things you do is you start setting aside money…

— Charles Duhigg

“Respect for inventors is the key for success of a patent system”

— Kalyan C. Kankanala

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.

— Larry Wall

Being an independent inventor is tough. You develop a product, patent it, then you're looking for someone who will see the benefit from this…

— Lonnie Johnson

For one thing, there are many "inventions" that are not patentable. The "inventor" of the supermarket, for example, conferred great benefits on his fellowmen…

— Milton Friedman

The key reason executives are paid so much now is that they appoint the members of the corporate board that determines their compensation and…

— Paul Krugman

Today the patent office is obsolete. You just take whatever you do, tool up, and start production for six months. At the end of…

— Paul Laffoley

Intellectual property is the oil of the 21 century. Look at the richest men a hundred years ago; they all made their money extracting…

— Mark Getty