have monetizing this inventions? What are the pros and cons of its current and these alternative strategies? The licensing model of Tessera in the late 90’s majorly involved carrot licensing deals. In such deals the company would licence their patents and trade secrets related to in-house developed revolutionary chip manufacturing technology. The advantage of this model was that it gave the company an opportunity to integrate its technology into the evolving semiconductor supply chain. There were
Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, California) were not strangers in patent lawsuits. Edwards is specializing in the production of artificial heart valves and new hemodynamic monitoring technology, whereas Medtronic is specializing in the production of medical devices. In the past, the two companies have problems in patent infringement lawsuits over annuloplasty procedures and endovascular graft (1,2). However, currently another latest patent infringement lawsuit has been occurred and reported between Medtronic
whereby the troll themselves try to take on the identity of a legitimate user that possess commonalities with the group. With this assumed identity a troll’s activities can range from several things; spamming users or groups, spreading disinformation for their own enjoyment, making controversial statements to get an emotive reaction from other internet users, baiting others into arguments and sending offensive and abusive content to those they believe will respond badly. The word troll comes from
` What do you think when you hear this word? Pranking. Is it a rogue activity? Is it distractive to others, or is it an incident of bullying? Well, people prank everyday, and in terms of childhood relations, it is almost normal. It strengthens the bond between two children. There is also have a day devoted to the ‘art’ of pranking. April Fools. Pranking should not be confused with bullying. Bullying has a strictly negative impact while pranking is innocent and has good intentions behind it. Bullying
Anonymous. Some scholars classify the group as trolls while other associates it with hackers groups. As defined, hackers are individuals or groups that search and exploit the computer system weakness (Messmer 65). In most instances, hackers engage in discouraging and unappealing activities for multiple reasons including challenging the existing systems, protesting against the prevailing rules and regulations, and for profit making. On the other hand, trolls are groups of individuals who engage in the
Message Boards and their Abuse: Trolls Nowadays, anybody with and internet connection can go online and chat with a variety of peers. One of the most common places to chat is bulletin pages known as message boards. Messages written on these boards stay on the boards for everyone to view. Overtime, as people on the boards get to know each other, message boards usually end up being a part of a community. Yet, with all the activity and chatter a message board supplies, there are nuisances as well
media users trolling each other and this has become a trend in such a way that the users always look forward to another troll as long as it does not target them. On social media, people like to troll others but are offended when other people troll them. Trolling not only affects those that are trolled psychologically but also affect their wellbeing. Moreover, social media users troll other because for unnecessary reasons such as their looks or
Troll is a modern style dramatic performance set within an Australian city in 2017. The company that produced this performance is Shake and Stir this company produces a number of different acts to notify teenagers around Australia about real life scenarios. Troll is about the arising issue of cyber safety as the audience follows Nicole through her journey of being personally victimised by this issue. During the performance the three main characters are Tyson, Yanni and Nicole these three characters
Trolls are hiding all over. No, not the kind that hides under bridges and makes you solve their riddle, but the kind that would follow and stalk anyone anywhere by just them being at home; the media refers to them as internet trolls the most disgusting trolls of them all. As the year’s progresses, internet becomes more advance in which gives ordinary people access to vast amount of information and data instantly, it also allow people to post information about themselves on public sites, such as Facebook
pure entertainment of the sender, which then has a harmful effect on the recipient. There are different types of trolling; messages sent to harm others for the sender’s gratification are called ‘flame trolls’, and those to entertain others for their gratification have been given the title ‘kudos trolls’ (Bishop 2012a, 2012b). Where these actions have the resource to legal remedies they are called ‘electronic message faults’ and where the message fails to constitute an offence ‘electronic message freedoms’
Internet Trolls: “The Modern Psychopath” What makes the internet special is its ability to unite billions of people from all walks of life on one large interconnected community. Sadly, not all members of this community use the internet for noble reasons. A study by YouGov showed that “28 percent of Americans admitted (to) malicious online activity directed at somebody they didn’t know.” (YouGov) This is only one of many alarming statistics that demonstrates the prevalence of online harassment, cyber-bullying
“Internet Trolls” by Lisa Selin Davis explains that Internet Trolls are online commentators who write inflammatory or derisive things in public forums, hoping to provoke emotional responses from others. These people spend time and energy engaging in virtual hate. Even outside of internet trolling, discussions sometimes turn into arguments, that often turn personal. A troll can disrupt discussions on social media by broadcasting bad advice, and damaging the feeling of trust within the community. Trolls
the negative impact Anonymity in the internet has had on human beings. Following with a convincing argument for unmasking these “trolls” of the internet. Zhuo begins her essay with an anecdote about reading an insightful story on your favorite website. With positive thoughts in your head you scroll down the page to find an anonymous hateful comment, this is an internet troll. The authors main point in this essay is that since we can post comments without anyone knowing who it is, will inevitably lead
There are a lot of terms that are perceived to be very powerful, but are also very subjective. Empowerment is one of those words, and is defined as the ability to enable or permit (Dictionary.com,2014). Subjective terms like love and hate, or moral and immoral, are all viewed differently throughout the world. So, when discussing the term empowerment, it is difficult to find a singular thought or idea that encompasses what empowerment truly means. Yet, at its root level, empowerment is considered
Are patents an encumbrance? When a firm is articulating their innovation strategy, determining how to keep control of their intellectual assets is crucial. That is because companies who are heavily reliant on research and development inherent value in intangible assets and other intellectual property (IP) compared to material assets (Henkel and Reitzig, 2008). But, of course this varies between different industries in managing those valuable resources to a business i.e. pharmaceutical and biotechnology)
In "A Lady in a Machine-Shop," Susan Bivin Aller uses creativity, determination, and confidence to demonstrate how they led Margaret Knight to succession as an inventor. Knight and her family moved to Manchester, New Hampshire when she was at a young age. At the age of twelve, Knight witnessed a mill worker injured by a steel-tipped shuttle. This motivated her to create a safety mechanism, her first invention, to prevent any further injuries in cotton mills. Knight's mind was built with creativeness
education and had well more than enough money to hire a private tutor for more lessons. A few sewing companies had job openings and Garrett was interested. ‘He wanted to learn the inner workings of machines and how to fix them. Morgan obtained a patent for an improved sewing machine.’ Garrett ended up opening his own repair company. His company was a success. Morgan was then able to marry a Bavarian woman named Mary Anne Hassek. After that Garrett went to go live in Cleveland. Garrett and his
While drafting the constitution in the 1780s, which was such a critical time for the new nation, many new inventions were created to benefit the people. The dangers that occurred by the economic crisis and the disappointment that came with the failure of the revolutionary’s expectations for a desperate need to improve were combined to make this decade a period of dissatisfaction and reconsideration to propose a new direction for the nation. The new plan for the nation was called the federal constitution
Today’s technology is advancing at a tremendous speed, yet some inventions still remain unchanged and inspiring. Even though there are many inventions existed that benefit our life, only certain inventions could be still alive because of their benefits brought to the people. In “Don’t Change a Thing” by Therese Oneill, Oneill introduces us the six eternal invention that still exist today. Also, Jessica Guynn’s article, “Douglas Engelbart Dies at Age 88”, explains how the passion and inspiration of
multiple inventions, and obtaining patents, Thomas Edison can be seen as the greatest inventor in the world. Thomas Edison is considered the greatest inventor of all time with over 1000 patents to his name. Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio and had a lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Edison’s work here was very productive and promising; he was able to invent something minor in ten days and something major every six months. Among his 1000 plus patents are some very interesting inventions