My latest PBS article: How Crowdsourcing Could Revolutionize Patent-Busting
When the term “crowdsourcing” is used it’s often referring to how media companies can utilize it for journalistic purposes, but other industries have been using it for years — most notably software companies. This week for PBS’s MediaShift I profile a new company called Article One Partners, which uses the wisdom of crowds to try to validate or invalidate patents by offering up awards of $50,000 for those who can find prior art.
