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'An embarrassing failure of the US patent system': Videogame IP lawyer says Nintendo's latest patents on Pokémon mechanics 'should not have happened, full st…

The last 10 days have brought a string of patent wins for Nintendo. Yesterday, the company was granted US patent 12,409,387, ...
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Key Tesla invention faces ban over safety concerns

Key Tesla invention faces ban over safety concerns - Elon Musk pushed electric pop-out door handles to create a futuristic ...

Peter Thiel Believes You 'Get Many Chances' In Life, But If You Do This One Thing Then You Don't

Peter Thiel says success rarely comes just once and that entrepreneurs can earn multiple shots at it if they keep iterating ...
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Invention and innovation a brief history of hype and failure Vaclav Smil

1. Invention and innovation : a long history and modern infatuation -- 2. Inventions that turned from welcome to undesirable. Leaded gasoline ; DDT ; Chlorofluorocarbons -- 3. Inventions that were to ...