Knowing which buttons to push: A look at IP trends
By KRYSTLE CHOW
Published in the Ottawa Business Journal newspaper and website.
Feb. 26, 2007
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At a recent intellectual property trade show for the microelectronics industry, Mosaid’s Michael Kaskowitz told the joke about the guy who calls a repairman to fix a broken radiator. The repairman pushed one button, the rad started working, and he charged the customer $100.
“But all you did was push a button!” said the customer, to which the repairman replied, “Yes, but I knew which button to push.”
Mr. Kaskowitz said the third-party intellectual property (IP) market was similar, with vendors charging clients for expertise in making a product, rather than for a material product.
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