The idea is to crowdsource uses for the huge number of patents and new technologies generated by universities but never used, and awarding prizes. Seems like a really clever idea to capture low hanging fruit, and the sort of thing LW people should be quite good at,
Isn’t the whole point of patents for people NOT to use them? If it’s not economical for the patent-holders to profit from them isn’t it even less economical for someone who would need to pay license fees to use them?
Anyone heard of Marblar?.
The idea is to crowdsource uses for the huge number of patents and new technologies generated by universities but never used, and awarding prizes. Seems like a really clever idea to capture low hanging fruit, and the sort of thing LW people should be quite good at,
Isn’t the whole point of patents for people NOT to use them? If it’s not economical for the patent-holders to profit from them isn’t it even less economical for someone who would need to pay license fees to use them?
I think the idea is that it is economical, but the patent-holder simply never thought of it.