Re:StubHub granted U.S. patents for seat mapping
by pat2man on Monday October 31, 2011 @01:17AM
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Definitely worked well for some people:
"By April 1988, when Gould's use patent was approved, optically pumped amplifier patents covered 80% of the lasers made in the United States. The market for lasers had ballooned to more than $500 million per year. Suddenly, Gould was a multimillionaire."
Re:StubHub granted U.S. patents for seat mapping
by pork on Monday October 31, 2011 @02:46AM
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Presumably, Gould had delivered a useful and valuable invention to the world and the patent sets him up to be compensated accordingly, if the premise holds.
"By April 1988, when Gould's use patent was approved, optically pumped amplifier patents covered 80% of the lasers made in the United States. The market for lasers had ballooned to more than $500 million per year. Suddenly, Gould was a multimillionaire."
http://electronicdesign.com/article/components/gordon-gould-...