Dark Intellectual Property. Why We Need a Kickstarter for Patents - 0 views
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“dark IP,” the intellectual property (IP) that remains on the shelf: undiscovered, unexplored, untapped
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our ability to catch so much in the net by dragging the surface (to use Mike Bergman’s analogy) actually still misses the invisible wealth of what lies beneath.
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But dark IP is different than the other hidden-depths knowledge since it’s also unfair. Because taxpayers paid for much of the research — whether basic understanding with long-term benefits or more applied research with shorter-term benefits — that now lies collecting dust on university shelves.
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