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100 Years of Turbulence


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The Wright brothers won every patent case they fought, and it did them absolutely no good. The prospect of a fortune wasn't what motivated them to build an airplane, but ironically enough they could have made a fortune had they just passed on the litigation.

The use of the Wright Brothers’ tale as a pivot into what’s happening in today’s world of software patents is what makes this article a must read.

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