GrafoDexia: October 2012

GrafoDexia

This site is devoted to copyright and issues of 'intellectual property,' particularly the issue's analytical aspects. It also concerns itself with the gap between public perception and the true facts, and with the significant lag time between the coverage on more technical sites and the mainstream press. For site feed, see: http://grafodexia.blogspot.com/atom.xml To see the list of sites monitored to create this site, see: http://rpc.bloglines.com/blogroll?html=1&id=CopyrightJournal

Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Posner on term length

Beautiful post on copyright/patent term lengths from Posner. One concept I think he leaves out is how much of a product's value results from any single patent. The recent Apple/Motorola decision seems wrongheaded in part because the shrink/swipe interface is only one aspect of the increased value of iOS. The proof is in the pudding: a single Apple device outsells an ecosystem of Android devices.