Open source

Recently we wrote about the movement many technology companies are making to open source their patents and designs so that progress and influence are made priority. You know, instead of hoarding ideas as patent trolls merely for selfish profit. Now it seems Microsoft is joining what we call the Open Source Revolution, with the promise …

There used to be a time where companies hoarded patents like gold. Picture a dragon’s den full of treasure, or cursed jewels sitting in some forgotten crypt. If an inventor came anywhere close to something that resembled someone else’s patent, he or she faced years of legal battles; battles that could leave them as battered …