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4 Mistakes That Kill Crowdsourcing Efforts

Harvard Business

Back in 2011, crowdsourcing was fueling an explosion in open innovation. Precisely because they are unique, one Quirky product rarely improves another Quirky product, whereas one Uber ride helps benchmark the price and quality of another Uber ride and each Google search helps improve results of another Google search.

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Google Strikes Back in Patent Wars; Decades Long Litigation; Return to the Beginning Fistfight

MishTalk

Google ranked only number 21 based on issued patents in 2012 and was not even in the top 50 in 2011, according to an annual ranking compiled by IFI Claims, a patent research company. However, the sheer quantity of patent holdings also helps deter attack and has led to an intellectual property arms race.