[PLUG] Article One Partners

Keith Lofstrom keithl at kl-ic.com
Sun Sep 4 05:00:36 UTC 2011


I recently learned about Article One Partners, a legal research
firm that specializes in finding prior art to bust patents.  
They use crowdsourcing to look for articles, existing technologies,
public presentations, etc. that invalidate patents, and offer
sizable rewards ($5K and higher) for research that does so.

Most of the patents in question are hard technology, but some
are software, and some may be a threat to Linux.   One example
is "INTERPRETER FOR COMPILED AND THEN CONVERTED APPLICATIONS".
That sounds a lot like Perl 6 Parrot to me, and Pascal from a
long time ago.  So this organization is relevant to protecting
Linux, and perhaps a way to make some money.

I have more important things to do right now.  Over the next
year, killing two or three patents for sport, and earning $10K
or so for the opportunity, might be a fun way to while away a 
week or two.  Getting paid for reading and thinking and writing.

http://www.articleonepartners.com

Keith

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