Entertainment Quote by Ted Waitt

“The history of patents includes a wealth of attempts to reward friends of the government and restrict or control dangerous technologies.”

— James Boyle

Patents are being used to wage war in the digital world, and as a result, patents have become a toll gate on the road…

— Charles Duhigg

The entertainment industry always chooses to fight things out through the courts and legislation. Technology people always think there's a business solution.

— Ted Waitt

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.

— Christiane Amanpour

Americans have been selling this view around the world: that progress comes from perfect protection of intellectual property.

— Lawrence Lessig

The bulk of all patents are crap. Spending time reading them is stupid. It's up to the patent owner to do so, and to…

— Linus Torvalds

Large companies can afford to file patents on every idea they have. Small companies, we have to weigh our options, do the research. We…

— Lonnie Johnson

If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would…

— Bill Gates

Except in very narrow cases, where there's breakthrough science that needs patent production, worrying about competitors is a waste of time. If you can't…

— Eric Ries

“Patent Law cannot afford to sit and watch while technology advancement changes its dynamics”

— Kalyan C. Kankanala

“We also need a way to regulate the way some companies and individuals buy up patents of promising ideas that would threaten their sources…

— Ben Carson

Intellectual-property rules are clearly necessary to spur innovation: if every invention could be stolen, or every new drug immediately copied, few people would invest…

— James Surowiecki