Re: [DIYbio] anti patent strategies

On 06/06/2012 02:44 PM, John Griessen wrote:
> On 06/06/2012 11:12 AM, Simon Quellen Field wrote:
>> Don't worry about patents. Publish your ideas early and often, and freely. Society will
>> benefit earlier

In this talk at minute 19 Sangiovanni Vincentelli expounds an what drives people and companies
to innovate, create value--
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW4WrEI4-IY

He sums it up as innovation's impact is the driver -- something to brag about -- in society, not alone,
in an ecosystem like he matured in: Silicon Valley/Berkeley. So he probably sees mostly good in patents,
but would also be open to free-publishing's value, coming from Berkeley. Starting out as a professor,
his work caught Intel's attention and he became a founder of Cadence, so has plenty of money and is a VC
now.

All I say, is it's perfectly OK to not give all your work away in this world, and instead demand
some income from it to enable more work/play/exploring. Probably secret developments and then
expiring patent apps are the best anti-patent device we have at present.

Especially if your work has broad appeal. My work is all niche market now so I can get myself
enough money to operate well, but later, with some workable anti-patent strategy, some
work on big public issues would be nice without having to go to venture capitalists and without a
stock company to fund it.


John Griessen

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