Comment Shorter Patents (Score 1) 16
I've been of the view for some time that the patents in an industry should last one and a bit product life-cycles. This would mean that in IT, a genuine patent would last ~4 years at most.
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The rule on staying alive as a program manager is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.