Patents – the new philanthropic assets

I’ve written before about patent philanthropy, and we all have Peter Drucker to thank for pointing out that we have been living in a knowledge economy since he coined the term in 1966. But the real meaning of this is only just beginning to permeate philanthropy. So here’s a historical parallel that may draw some [...]

Omidyar and Patents

I’ve written here, here, here, and here about patent philanthropy. Now, courtesy of Gifthub, I have learned that the Omidyar Network, which is about to shut down its online community, omidyar.net, has filed for a patent for the point system it used on the site. So here is just a list of the thoughts that [...]