by Jeff Yablon | Aug 30, 2010 | Business Process
I’m Old. Sometimes that gets in the way, but mostly it affords me insight and the ability to be pragmatic about some of what happens in front of me while younger eyes might lose track of reality. Last week, Microsoft founder and gazillionaire Paul Allen filed a...
by Jeff Yablon | Aug 9, 2010 | Business Process
OK, one more time: software patents are bad. When Facebook was granted US Patent 7,669,123, I talked about it, and you’ve talked back for months; this thing simply should never have been awarded. I’ve spoken more broadly about software patents, too. They...
by Jeff Yablon | Feb 18, 2010 | Business Process, Media
The Whining Has Gone Mainstream. Even the Whining Requires Whining. Yesterday, there was a lengthy article in The New York Times about companies that buy patents and then go after companies using the matter covered by those patents for licensing fees. Specifically,...
