[YBA] i4i vs MS?

[Danny Lieberman]

Geoff

Actually - companies often develop IP with the intent to monetize their work
via licensing deals - it's good business if you don't have the mfg and
distribution capability.

For example - patent licensing is huge business in pharma and
semiconductors.  Take the biological drug - Remicade for example -developed
by Centocor and licensed by J&J and Schering Plough.

In the software space  you have companies like IBM, Novell, RedHat and Sun
that offer royalty-free patent licenses.

Then there is crypto, games and gaming  - the list is endless.  BTW -
Microsoft buys licensing rights all the time - for example
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/123144/index.html



:-)




D

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 1:46 PM, geoffrey mendelson <
geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Aug 16, 2009, at 1:23 PM, Danny Lieberman wrote:
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>> I challenge you to bring one example of an Israeli startup that was able
>> to profitably monetize their idea with software patent licensing. Patent
>> trolls like Aerotel and NTP don't count.
>>
>
> I can't because I am not a native Hebrew speaker/reader (less than my sons
> did in first grade), so I can't properly research the subject. There is also
> IMHO a fatal flaw in your argument, you are asking me for something that
> people rarely do while ignoring what they often do. Companies don't patent
> things with the intention of licensing those patents, except for companies
> that do what you asked me not to use as examples.
>
> They patent things with the intention of keeping their IP their own, for
> that I can almost give you a laundry list of companies off the top of my
> head, Intel, SUN,  Microsoft, NDS, and so on. All of whom sell products and
> services outside (and inside) Israel and use patents as a way of protecting
> their IP, limiting their competition.
>
>  Then there is your notion of "first mover advantage";  most new ideas
>> these days take a long time to penetrate the market - you can develop
>> software in 3-5 months but it still will take 3-5 years for the business to
>> grow and take root  (assuming you have all the other pieces in place).
>>
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> First mover advantage goes to the person who is perceived to be first, not
> the person who is first.
>
>
> Geoff.
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> geoffrey mendelson N3OWJ/4X1GM
> Jerusalem Israel geoffreymendelson at gmail.com
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