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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. That same day, Apple sent a letter to the website asking for its property back and filed a design patent application with the U.S.

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Why We Build Fiscal Cliffs

Harvard Business Review

After that the Bush administration and a Republican-majority Congress decided in 2001 to effectively set paygo aside. The then-sainted Alan Greenspan had given them ample cover, by expressing concerns that surpluses might eventually kill the bond market. In 2010, Congress voted to extend the 2001 cuts for two years.