The World of Patents

With the help of Dutch and European patent attorney Marco Coolen (AOMB), we can better understand the world of patents. How do they work, why are they important, and when do they lose their usefulness?

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8 November

The hardest innovation comes after success

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1 November

An eraser on a pencil: handy, but is it really an invention?

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25 October

The zipper shows that patents do not hinder innovation

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18 October

Why Nestlé didn't buy a recipe, but speed

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11 October

Patents aren’t a scoreboard

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4 October

The barcode wasn't a success story. Not yet, anyway.

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27 September

The art of innovation sometimes lies in what you leave out

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20 September

There is almost no such thing as a failed innovation

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13 September

Marco Coolen brings intellectual property out of the ivory tower

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13 September

Post-it proves an application can be more valuable than invention

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6 September

One overlooked inventor can cause an entire patent to disappear

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30 August

The World of Patents

The hardest innovation comes after success

An eraser on a pencil: handy, but is it really an invention?

The zipper shows that patents do not hinder innovation

Why Nestlé didn't buy a recipe, but speed

Patents aren’t a scoreboard

The barcode wasn't a success story. Not yet, anyway.

The art of innovation sometimes lies in what you leave out

There is almost no such thing as a failed innovation

Marco Coolen brings intellectual property out of the ivory tower

Post-it proves an application can be more valuable than invention

One overlooked inventor can cause an entire patent to disappear

Why timing is sometimes more important than perfection