The Goose, The Golden Eggs, and AI: An Executive’s Guide to Choosing When—and When Not—to Patent
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Image credit: robeo123 via Deposit Photos. Article by Robert Plotkin. IPWatchdog – November 10, 2023.
“The tradeoffs involved in deciding whether to patent an AI system and its outputs, or maintain them as trade secrets, are complex.”
In today’s high-tech landscape, the ancient fable of the goose that laid the golden eggs imparts profound wisdom. The farmer in that tale weighed the decision to continue accumulating wealth slowly by selling the golden eggs that his magical goose laid (one per day) or taking a risk by killing […]
