Posts Tagged: thomas edison
Rebuttal Finale: A Response to Lemley’s Myth of the Sole Inventor
Lemley’s response introduces the new term “sequential improvement.” This suggests to us that he has now abandoned many of his claims of “simultaneous invention.” The word ‘…
Lemley Responds: Defending the Myth of the Sole Inventor
If you actually read my article you will find that I simply don’t say the things they claim I say. The basic refrain of the Howells-Katznelson …
A Critique of Mark Lemley’s “The Myth of the Sole Inventor”
For example, regarding Thomas Edison, Lemley’s primary case illustrating the so-called “myth of the sole inventor,” he alleges that “Sawyer and Man invented and patented the …
The Myth of the Sole Inventor
The canonical story of the lone genius inventor is largely a myth. Edison didn’t invent the light bulb; he found a bamboo fiber that worked better …
Q&A With Sarah Miller Caldicott, Thomas Edison’s Grandniece
Sarah Miller Caldicott is the great grandniece of the legend himself, Thomas Alva Edison. She’s a motivational speaker, head of business consulting firm PowerPatterns and the …
In Search Of a Definition for the term “Patent Troll”
The reality is that the term patent troll seems to be more in the eye of the beholder than anything else. So a patent troll is whoever …
Improvements: Learning with the Hitch Mounted Toilet Seat
By far, most inventions are improvements upon other known devices or solutions. In fact, whenever I teach patent law courses I tell students that in their career …
Was Thomas Edison a Patent Troll?
But perhaps the most crucial element of the American patent system was that it did not simply encourage ordinary people to participate in inventive activity. It made …
Google Seeks Patent on YouTube Video Advertisements
Last week a US Patent Application No. 20100010893 published detailing an invention relating to digital advertising, and more particularly to creating video overlay advertisements suitable for use with …
Famous Inventors: Thomas Edison
An argument can be made that Benjamin Franklin may be the most famous American inventor, but without a doubt the most prolific and influential American inventor was …
The Wizard of Menlo Park
This cartoon is humorous on many levels. Perhaps first and foremost is the fact that children under the age of 13 have never known a world without the …
Improvement Patents & Inventions
By far, most inventions are improvements upon other known devices or solutions. Even Thomas Edison, the most prolific inventor in US history, rarely came up with pioneering …
