Levien recognizes the paradox: On one hand, he made money from forcing everyone who used his patented ideas to give him royalties.

I don't know about this but by allowing a patented idea to be included in an open standard does that not convey an implicit license to use the idea?

His patented idea came to him one day several years ago when his big band was playing outdoors and the sheet music was blowing around.

Gap Is Seen as Growing It is the first method to try to measure the quality of patented ideas.

The company subsequently licensed several of the patented ideas developed for the machine, including the Williams tube, in the design of its own 701 and 702 computers.

If you find that Andy is infringing on your patented ideas, you can stop him by an injunction.

Mirowski had the patented idea for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator or ICD.

Two years later, seeing the prototype, Baxter realized that Mr. Kamen's patented idea would indeed work and negotiated an agreement.

But if your idea is good enough, the reasoning goes, you will make much more money by licensing your patented idea.

While the free flow of intellectual property can be wonderful, there is something to be said for the profit enjoyed by creators of patented or copyright-protected ideas or products.