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Why Geim Never Patented Graphene
gbrumfiel writes "As we discussed on Tuesday, Andre Geim won this year's Nobel prize in physics for graphene, but he never patented it. In an interview with Nature News, he explains why: 'We considered patenting; we prepared a patent and it was nearly filed. Then I had an interaction with a big, multinational electronics company. I approached a guy at a conference and said, "We've got this patent coming up, would you be interested in sponsoring it over the years?" It's quite expensive to keep a patent alive for 20 years. The guy told me, "We are looking at graphene, and it might have a future in the long term. If after ten years we find it's really as good as it promises, we will put a hundred patent lawyers on it to write a hundred patents a day, and you will spend the rest of your life, and the gross domestic product of your little island, suing us." That's a direct quote.'"
It isn't libel if what he said is true. If the other guy did indeed say that.
Didn't you read the article? They have 100 lawyers sitting around waiting for something to do.
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Simply ignore the patents ... And if any laywer appeared at the door of your company trying to extort you because of such patents, return then to his employer by mail. Just the head.
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you can for sure win a patent war.
You just use weapons the other size will not expect.
If the entire other side ended up in a horrible accident, you suddenly win.
Just saying.... I have a hundred "associates" just sitting around waiting to do something.... Am I making my self clear? capisce?
I would hate for an unfortunate circumstance to happen, causing something to happen... Right Vito?
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
Hey, I work in commercial biotech research! Are you calling me aggressive?
You wanna come over and say that, buddy?
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