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Don’t Let Them Steal Your Inventions

Harvard Business Review

For instance, Apple filed applications for the original iPhone only four days before it was announced in 2007; for the original iPod in 2001, the filing was one day before release. Companies who rely on innovative product design to separate themselves from their competitors must effectively manage these risks.

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Your Smartphone Works for the Surveillance State

Harvard Business Review

There has been a dramatic shift in mentality, and it doesn''t take much to work out the date on which this happened: September 11, 2001. Europe — yes, the former home of East Germany — bravely proposed a series of changes to its laws that would enshrine the privacy of its citizens.

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