Is Big Tech’s R&D Spending Hurting Innovation in the U.S.?

Posted by elsewhen on Monday April 10, 2023 @05:06AM
from the wsj.com dept.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-big-techs-r-d-spending-actually-hurting-innovation-in-the-u-s-acfa004e

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Re:Is Big Tech’s R&D Spending Hurting Innovation in the U.S.? by elsewhen on Monday April 10, 2023 @05:07AM (#35510475)

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Re:Is Big Tech’s R&D Spending Hurting Innovation in the U.S.? by data-abuse on Monday April 10, 2023 @09:37AM (#35512114)

Is the patent system hurting innovation in the US?

There has been almost a complete consolidation of phone companies into a few conglomerates. There is barely any innovation in the space anymore.

How many startups silently disappear because of a patent troll forcing them to?

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Re:Is Big Tech’s R&D Spending Hurting Innovation in the U.S.? by jart on Monday April 10, 2023 @10:23AM (#35512680)

Their thesis is based on measuring productivity as patents filed. If I remember correctly, there was like a six month period in Google's history where they decided to care about filing for patents. If WSJ focused on that time period, then big tech productivity would be like a supernova.

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