One might characterize the patent market of the past several years as a herd of elephants fighting over the last leaves on a tree. This might be somewhat crude to many but a scan of the landscape of Fortune-100 corporations spending millions litigating accusations of infringement or suing for infringement makes a case. Or, the flooding of the PTAB with requests for IPR (inter partes review procedure) to determine patent validity also…
There are several scenarios that jump out at you. Hall and Knab (2012) outlined 11 or so items that were non-sustainable trends/practices that appeared to have compounding and accelerating forces. Those items get worse in a wicked bad way when they go unattended. Therefore, they are wonderful areas to generate scenarios. Here’s a few: US Debt deficit, US Trade deficit, the interest rate bomb, Life-style bomb, the compounding healthcare costs escalation bomb, the fossil fuel…
Tesla Solar | Tesla: Here is the information to order your roof from Tesla (that has now merged with SolarCity). The tempered glass tiles are much stronger, much cheaper and last long (lifetime of the house or infinity warranty, whichever comes first). Oh, and then there’s the PV electricity generation, above that. It is 30-years warranty on the PV, it seems. This is something that is called an “irrefusable” value proposition. Especially if the house…
Supreme Court Limits Where Patent Lawsuits Can Be Filed – WSJ: Yeah. It’s a victory. Maybe a big victory, time will tell. It seems that 20% or more of the patent infringement lawsuits are filed in a small corner of Texas. Even though there’s not really anything there except maybe a bogus office. But, it is a very friendly district for winning law suits by non-practicing entities (NPE) against real companies that make stuff. Such…
Wikipedia founder to fight fake news with new Wikitribune site | Technology | The Guardian: Way to go Jimmy! You will now Jimmy Wales a founder of Wikipedia, that GREAT crowd sourcing information repository in the sky. It is unclear when WikiTribune will actually launch. More than 10,000 subscribers agreed, in advance, to pay a monthly fee for this quality news. You can still join up at www.WikiTribune.com and encourage the effort. It seems that using crowds,…
Quality Improvement programs like TQM are a key part of building a sustainable competitive advantage for companies. Every couple years there is an improvement or a new flavor of TQM, like six sigma and lean six sigma. Talking about quality… The Baldrige Program is a rather cool program for improving the process of quality in an organization… Brought to you from the US Department of Commerce through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)….
