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You Probably Don’t Need Patents
I assume you're reading this post because you asked me a question about patent law, and I directed you here. It's a pretty safe assumption that you didn't find this on Google; law firms spend tons of money on SEO to ensure that their content rises to the top, all in hopes that "education" will supplement their client generation flows. Yet for all of this content, it's almost impossible to find the single most important thing you need to know about IP: You (probably) don't need patents. No, seriously. I can practically hear you as I type this: "but how will I protect my idea?" You won't. The…
Everything you know about noise-cancelling headphones is wrong
Most people imagine "noise-cancelling" headphones as headphones designed to reduce the perception of unwanted sound by their wearer. Whether it's a baby crying on an airplane or that annoying coworker incapable of using an inside voice (sorry, Schox team), people usually turn to noise cancelling headphones because they've decided that gouging out their eardrums is not a viable method for addressing sonic distractions. And, to some extent, noise cancelling headphones are a viable solution; however, they are far from the best solution in most cases. Noise Reduction: Cancellation + Isolation To…
September 4, 2016GearShure,Etymotic,Klipsch,IEMs,gear,headphones,noise cancellation,Bose
Patent Law Love Affair
Note: this is adapted from my Stanford Law School personal statement, and describes how my career path led me to pursue patent law (and what I love about it). I can’t tell you the exact time I fell in love with patent law, but I can tell you the place. It was in Room 280B, Stanford Law School. I was a third-year MS/PhD student searching for a way to add broader context to my work in engineering, and I found it in Jeff Schox’s classroom. I had applied to Stanford in the first place in large part because of Stanford’s commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration: I wanted to learn from and…