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Problem is lack of a functioning market for technology rights

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:20:33 +0100

There are two basic deficiencies in the U.S. patent system:

Overemphasis of patent as a legal instrument, and
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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Network Industry Dynamics

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:00:09 +0100

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

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:00:28 +0100

#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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