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Problem is lack of a functioning market for technology rights

March 2, 2011


There are two basic deficiencies in the U.S. patent system:
  1. Overemphasis of patent as a legal instrument, and
  2. Inadequacy of systems for its use as industrial property right.
This result is caused by lack of a functioning market for technology rights embedded in patents and patent derivatives. Without a streamlined market for technology rights, the economic and commercial activities based on the underlying technologies are delayed or inhibited.

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Posted by George Mattathil. Posted In : Technology 

 

Network Industry Dynamics

August 28, 2010
IEEE Communications Society
George Mattathil
August 14, 2004

Agenda
  • The meltdown
  • How did this happen?
  • Forces operating in the network sector
  • Models to understand network industry
  • Future outlook
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Broadband Connectivity Competition Policy Workshop - Comment, Project No. V070000

August 28, 2010
#195 Project No.: V070000
Federal Trade Commission
February 13 and 14, 2007

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
The emergence of “Net Neutrality” as a legislative subject is a side effect of failure of the marketplace and financial-market decision systems that were supposed to rationally sort out technology choices. Contributing factors for the failure include the following:

1. Loss of institutional knowledge
2. Collapse of market-based decision systems
3. Ineffective valuation methodologies

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