Posts Tagged: "Rembrandts in the Attic"

David Kline passed away last month after battling esophageal cancer. He was an unsung hero in the quest to make intellectual property better understood and more widely accepted. David was best-known in the IP community for Rembrandts in the Attic, a still controversial book about patent monetization he co-wrote with Kevin Rivette and published in 1999. Later, “The Burning of the Ships” with Marshall Phelps, about Microsoft’s evolution in IP strategy and licensing. David was responsible for writing and editing “The Intangible Advantage,” an important text book for students, that is currently distributed for free by the Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property. A Pulitzer-nominated journalist, ghost writer and business consultant, David was a former columnist for Wired and Upside magazines; reporter for New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Atlantic, NBC News, CBS News, and Rolling Stone; consultant to Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard and Accenture.