The Innovations and Inventions of Steve Jobs [IP Corner]
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2014-04Author
Corcoran, Peter
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Corcoran, Peter (2014) 'The Innovations and Inventions of Steve Jobs [IP Corner]'. IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine, 3 (2):46-57.
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Abstract
Much of the world of patents is shrouded in layers of legal mysticism,
semantic nuances, and subtle complexities. Those of you who are regular readers
of "IP Corner" will know that I often try to explain the principles of the
patenting process using real-world examples and case studies. I feel that this
is probably the most useful approach to explain the many shades of gray of this
world to engineers. Normally I focus on a particular aspect of patents and the
patenting process and explore it through a series of examples. However, for this
issue, I thought it might be interesting to take a different approach-why not
explore a selection of the innovations of a well-known inventor to gain a
different perspective and provide insight into the art and business of patenting
your own inventions? And there is no better candidate for our first study than
the man who founded and later rebuilt the most successful consumer electronics
company of the 21st century-Steve Jobs.
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