A much narrower lesson of Kodak’s bankruptcy: that the tech industry and Wall Street’s infatuation with companies’ patent portfolios might finally be coming back to earth. It’s not that intellectual property no longer matters, or won’t continue to factor into companies’ strategies for product development or mergers and acquisitions. But the gold rush is over.
“Alright everybody, show’s over, back to innovating.”
A Bankrupt Kodak Signals A Patent Bubble Burst | Epicenter | Wired.com
Source: Wired
