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Stuff You Should Know

SYSK Selects: How Patents Work

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

What was originally designed to encourage innovation by rewarding the people who create technological advances, the U.S. patent system has become a big mess.

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:31.0

Hey everybody, it's your old pal me, Josh.

0:35.2

And I am here to bring you today's S.Y.S.K.S.

0:38.4

selects episode called How Patents Work.

0:41.6

It sounds like it will make your eyes bleed out of boredom, but do not get it wrong.

0:46.4

It's actually one of our most interesting episodes ever.

0:49.3

And it is seriously, sincerely, honestly, everything you could ever possibly want to know

0:55.0

about patents.

0:56.3

And I would guess that we've never said the word patent more than we do in this episode.

1:02.1

So enjoy it.

1:03.1

It's from November of 2014.

1:05.5

Take a little time to learn about patents.

1:14.6

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from Howstuffworks.com.

1:24.4

Hey and welcome to The Podcast.

1:26.1

I'm Josh Clark.

1:27.5

There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.

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