tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post3316731420051746356..comments2024-03-20T22:57:03.923+00:00Comments on Dean Bubley's Disruptive Wireless: London & Technology: The Mayoral 2012 Debate & my city's future directionDean Bubleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-7913747366523523382012-08-17T08:08:28.210+01:002012-08-17T08:08:28.210+01:00Mike: yes, I know there's some 3D-printing the...Mike: yes, I know there's some 3D-printing there, which is definitely interesting but not exactly the same as designing/building networks, servers or a $10bn semiconductor fab. (I'm exaggerating a bit - I don't really expect to see the next Cisco or HP emerge from Hoxton Square)<br /><br />Andy: Thanks for an interesting viewpoint(& apologies for your posting problems: not my code for publish/preview, just standard Blogger). I'd certainly believe that patents & IPR are important, but I don't buy the idea that it's somehow more valuable than physical hardware. Even $2.5bn is a drop in the ocean for Apple compared to what it makes from selling flash memory, toughened glass & batteries.<br /><br />Looking at companies such as ARM, I would say that the most successful IPR businesses are those which have both patents and usable (licencable) designs and sofware (or products). Going back to the comment above, we may not need a fab, but I think we do need more than just patent strategy to generate value - implementation of high tech is the real generator of future sustainable profitability.<br /><br />DeanDean Bubleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719150957239368264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-80179787423808463122012-08-15T06:51:36.500+01:002012-08-15T06:51:36.500+01:00Footnote -
I found that this submission form does...Footnote -<br /><br />I found that this submission form does not like Chrome/Macintosh, or Safari/Macintosh. Posting success happened with the Firefox/Mac combination. Perhaps a code change?<br /><br />Great, provocative blogs, Dean!<br /><br />Andy<br />http://www.andygibbs.comAndy Gibbshttp://www.andygibbs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-71944996767305098452012-08-15T06:48:32.579+01:002012-08-15T06:48:32.579+01:00Dean - first, I was a bit disturbed that I selecte...Dean - first, I was a bit disturbed that I selected "preview" rather than "publish", and what I'd refer to as a deeply insightful mini-article with an embedded first-hand participation in Silicon Valley's post 1979 history - vanished. Poof. No preview. NO view. <br /><br />Anyway, shortened, I'll now just hit the high points.<br /><br />The gist of my comments suggested that the dependence on hardware manufacturers to create technology is diminishing. In the wake of the $2.5 billion (£ 1.6 billion) Apple v. Samsung here in the States, the value of technology giants is intellectual property - not tangible property.<br /><br />Patent Strategists are tomorrow's entrepreneurs, By Patent Strategist, I certainly don't mean patent attorneys - all but a handful of which are anything by strategists. I'm referring to business specialists who have become expert in mining and analyzing 90 million of the world's patents.<br /><br />No other source of technical / legal information provides such an exclusive picture into tomorrow's business landscape - assuming that one knows how to extract and analyze the information.<br /><br />Being in the shadows of Bristol and Cambridge, I'd posit that Londoners are already intelligent enough to foster next generation technologies - and to strategically patent those technologies in advance of the market adoption.<br /><br />Once that happens, finding a manufacturer to produce the goods is easy (or, on the other hand, enforcing those patents on large companies that evolve into the technology space would produce considerable royalty annuities.<br /><br />Moral of the story - while brick and mortar built Silicon Valley over the past 73 years (Hewlett and Packard formed their company while Hitler was invading Poland), the technology centers of tomorrow will be built on intellectual property - patents and know-how. NOT having the baggage of a huge hardware infrastructure may have created the advantage for a lighter, more nimble, and more intelligent business model - based purely on patent strategy.<br /><br />~ Andy GibbsAndy Gibbshttp://www.andygibbs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17500930.post-48509306240172575512012-08-04T19:21:24.206+01:002012-08-04T19:21:24.206+01:00No hardware companies in Silicon Roundabout? Reall...No hardware companies in Silicon Roundabout? Really? Check out http://www.makielab.com/ for starters.Mike Butcherhttp://techcrunch.comnoreply@blogger.com