The Sewing Machine Patent War
A WSJ blog highlights a law review article on the patent wars in the area of sewing machines:
The Sewing Machine War ended with a just and lasting peace in 1856, when Orlando B. Potter–a lawyer representing one of the plaintiffs–suggested a solution that Mossoff calls “groundbreaking but also breathtakingly simple”: The patent-holders would combine their patents in a “patent pool” and share the profits from selling the machines.
See previous IPBiz posts
Patent pools don't encourage innovation [quoted text therein: Specifically, we find that pool members patent less while the pool is active. This result may reflect a benefit of pooling: To the extent that a pool reduces the risk of
litigation it also eases the need for strategic patents. ]
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2008/12/ieee-to-get-into-patent-pool-business.html
The Sewing Machine War ended with a just and lasting peace in 1856, when Orlando B. Potter–a lawyer representing one of the plaintiffs–suggested a solution that Mossoff calls “groundbreaking but also breathtakingly simple”: The patent-holders would combine their patents in a “patent pool” and share the profits from selling the machines.
See previous IPBiz posts
Patent pools don't encourage innovation [quoted text therein: Specifically, we find that pool members patent less while the pool is active. This result may reflect a benefit of pooling: To the extent that a pool reduces the risk of
litigation it also eases the need for strategic patents. ]
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2008/12/ieee-to-get-into-patent-pool-business.html
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