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    The Story “The Outcast of Poker Flat” written by Brett Harte, is a story in which was set in the 1800’s where technology was unrecognized. The insertion of one piece of modern technology consequently would have changed the story in dramatic ways. Nevertheless the story of four troublemakers in which were banned from the town of Poker Flat due to their bad habits. Mother Shipton who was a madam along with her Duchess were banned for being moderate, a thief and a gambler joined the women later on

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    In the play “Long Day's Journey into Night”, each character is faced with many drastic challenges. These challenges aren't only with themselves, but with other members of their family. They share blame and judgement to themselves and others, dwell on their pasts, struggle to handle their addictions, and also their own personal sufferings. The oddities such as these makes one wonder how hard it must be to struggle without even the help of your own family. No one seems to be able to accept their own

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    Lenovo- technology company

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    Introduction about the company One of the largest technology company in the world, Lenovo had a humble beginning as a small Chinese firm founded in 1984. The company showed modest growth throughout the rest of the 20th century. It wasn’t until the company’s acquisition of IBM’s personal computer business in 2005 (Martin, 2014) that the company began to gain prominence in the technology industry. Lenovo’s innovation and strategic decision making has allowed the company to evolve on a global platform

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    useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries” (U.S. Const. art. I, § 8). A patent provides the inventor with an exclusive right to “use, license or sell and invention,” (U.S. Const. art. I, § 8), as such the product, service, process or design becomes the personal property of the inventor(s). The Patent Act of 1793 redefined the subject of a patent that remains in effect today. The Act reads, “That when any person

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    Patents Patents are government-granted, temporary rights to exclude, awarded in return for an individual’s disclosure of a new useful invention. Patents are granted by the USPTO and last for nonrenewable term of 20 years (Ferrera et al, 2012). Patents grant exclusive rights to exclude others from engaging in making, using, selling of patent products (O 'reilly, 2007). Online businesses must be aware of other’s patent rights even if they do not copy other companies’ business methods or technologies

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    inventors with the rights of the public.” (A.Brewer) The purpose of this was to encourage scientific progress while rewarding inventors the ownership of their ideas for a period of time and the right of the public to use these ideas to create new inventions. An example of this is the HIV medication. Recently the CEO of Turing Martin Shkreli, decided to increase the price of their life saving pill from $13.50 to $750 to recuperate costs of research and development. Due to the patent filed that prevents

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    change, grown, and evolve so has the application of the Canadian Patent Act. Which before was used to deal with inventions that could be shown with prototypes, the Act is now being used to protect more abstract innovations, such genetic material. Patents cover new inventions such as process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement to an existing invention . Patents represent a contract between an inventor and society. By granting 20 years market exclusivity, patents

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    Innovation No More

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    It seems we have lost the ability to innovate. We do not think the way we used to; we do not invent new concepts or ideas, rather we just adapt ideas of the past. Our thinking now a day is very limited to what we have already created. Google’s definition of innovating, “make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products,” suggests that innovation is now just development of an old idea. In this definition there seems to be no mention of inventing but rather

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    You all know about the discovery of North America by the European explorers, yes? But did you know that the Europeans were NOT the first ones to sail to the unknown lands that we live in now? It was ancient people, like the Vikings, for example. While we could say that it was discovered twice, that would be dumb. There was simply a lack of communication. So with that in mind, the whole point of this is: Discoveries can never be truly repeated. We’ve seen so many things, and we have records of discoveries

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    I’m going to try and start right from the beginning here. When we think of data communication nowadays, we think of digital information. We live in a world where technology is so abundant, that we couldn’t possibly imagine what life would be like without it. I’m not talking about having to write letters, or use the telephone exchange, I’m talking about the beginning. Before there was data communication, there was simply communication. So much about our evolution is unknown, that we can’t simply piece

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