Overview
Today's innovative society requires governments to re-examine previous notions of proprietary intellectual property. While many inventions in the past were created by individuals and sole corporations, the scale and expense of solving some monumental problems frequently requires collaborative efforts. Moreover, the need for collaborative innovation requires input from various constituencies and software interoperability derived from open standards.
IBM is an industry leader helping governments move toward greater openness and innovation. Our commitment and perspective on intellectual property, open standards, and open source software emerges from our experience in the marketplace and, equally important, from the direction in which we see information technology taking the larger society.
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- IBM Leads in U.S. Patents for 15th Consecutive Year; Collaborates to Establish "Eco Patent Commons" (25KB)
- IBM Establishes Worldwide Patent Policy to Promote Innovation
- eBay decision (376KB)
- ODF Alliance grows to 180 members
- CED's Open Standards, Open Source, and Open Innovation: Harnessing the Benefits of Openness
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