The executive chairman began by addressing the purchase of Nortel Networks' roster of patents by a group of buyers that included some of Google's rivals, including Microsoft and Apple.
More recently, Apple was part of the group that successfully bid $4.5 billion for Nortel Network's portfolio of patents.
In this paper, we compared structures of the citation network of scientific publications with those of patents, and discussed the differences between them.
Another patent lawyer, who asked not to be named as his company represents one of the major owners of social network patents, also expressed concern.
The legal battle dates back to 2004, when TiVo accused Dish Network of violating TiVo's patent for Time Warp software that allows users to record one TV program while watching another.
The biofabrication of multiple microtissues into a larger macrotissue with a patent network of lumens for perfusion is an active area of research for eventual translation of tissue engineering products to the operating room.
Microtubules and intermediate filaments, of which neurotubules are an example, are involved in intracellular transport and it can be hypothesised that if a cell has a more patent network of tubules and filaments then drug transport may occur more efficiently.
It wants a change at the top and in direction, perhaps to break up RIM into a network company, a device-maker and a holder of patents.
However, in both periods, as will be clearer in the network analysis, patents were the result of important cooperation activities between open science and private organisations, likely assuming different shapes due to different strategies of universities and companies.
