Jury duty tomorrow, so I was daydreaming about patents.<\/p>\n
Why, yes, jury duty and patents are<\/strong> related.<\/p>\n The daydream featured a rather nice “Moore’s Law Patent.”<\/p>\n What’s a Moore’s Law Patent?<\/p>\n A Moore’s Law Patent is a sillypatent (one word, that) for a device that would not sell or be used at all, now, because, for instance, it would cost $100,000 – which is far, far too much for what it does.<\/p>\n Wait 10 years. Now<\/strong> it’s $1000, off the shelf. Another 5 years and it’s $100. And, if the device’s cost is subject to Moore’s Law, it’s likely to be dependent upon software, which will be far more powerful and cheap after that 10 years.<\/p>\n At that time, if the device is a good idea, someone will make a business out of it. Maybe a very large business. Which will make the patent a good thing to have. … For the patent holder.<\/p>\n No innovation is needed. Just extrapolate with common sense and\/or look what’s being done now, “in the lab”. That’s the essence of a “Moore’s Law Patent.”<\/p>\n <\/dir><\/p>\n OK, here is the patent that ties together jury duty and patents:<\/p>\n A computer controlled system that helps lawyers vet prospective jury members. This system suggests questions to ask and listens for and understands the answers. And the system advises the lawyer\/user which people to consider for the jury and which to keep off the jury. The system uses artificial intelligence logic in a novel way to arrive at its advice. And, the system pools collaborative information with all other compatible systems – one embodiment, in real time, another not – to automatically improve the logic.<\/p>\n The interesting questions are:<\/p>\n If so, score!<\/p>\n Work the numbers.<\/p>\n We’re talking about a $1000 device in 10 years. Easily affordable for a lot of trial lawyers – say 100,000 of ’em in this country alone. These lawyers would have an incentive. Wouldn’t a client with a lawyer who doesn’t have the device wonder whether he, the client, is truly, fairly represented by competent counsel?<\/p>\n Budget to build: $10,000,000 to $100,000,000 10 years from now.<\/p>\n And, if there were 100,000 lawyers buying this thing every year (updates would be important), and if the device cost those lawyers each $2000, then the device’s manufacturer would be raking in $100,000,000 per year, gross. Not a bad ROI.<\/p>\n A business like that will not blink when you show up with your patent and ask for a measly $10 million.<\/p>\n Reader, take the idea and run with it. It can’t miss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jury duty tomorrow, so I was daydreaming about patents. Why, yes, jury duty and patents are related. The daydream featured a rather nice “Moore’s Law Patent.” What’s a Moore’s Law Patent? A Moore’s Law Patent is a sillypatent (one word, … Continue reading \n