Patents in the Real World
But looking back, what strikes me is the surprisingly-variable role that patents played in the growth and success of the half-dozen trailblazing startup companies that I helped lead. For these...
View ArticleStart-Up Reality: No Patent = No Funding, No Business, No Jobs
The log jam in patents issuances is not the only impediment to start-up job creation. Although it is certainly a big one. Tax and regulatory burdens on start ups have reached a critical mass in the...
View ArticleTax Policy Makes U.S. Uncompetitive, Not China’s Low Wages
Many people assume that there’s no way American manufacturers can compete with cheap Chinese labor. It’s just basic economics, right? Wrong. It’s the U.S. government’s myopic policy, not China’s lower...
View ArticleEating Our Seed Corn for Job Creation
Everywhere I go, I meet entrepreneurs whose ventures either failed or are slowly dying on the vine because of the outrageous delays they suffered in getting patents. Who would invest the huge sums...
View ArticleDear Mr. President, Are You Listening?
The president says that’s the fault of recalcitrant Republicans in Congress. Republicans in Congress say it’s the fault of a president who is hostile to business. But the real reason we are not putting...
View ArticleWas Thomas Edison a Patent Troll?
But perhaps the most crucial element of the American patent system was that it did not simply encourage ordinary people to participate in inventive activity. It made it economically feasible for them...
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