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How long have you been in the industry? As far as I understand, that's a pretty standard pitch, though maybe IBM emphasizes it more.

Do you feel like your company shouldn't make money off the work you do for them? I'm confused by your tone...

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I am familiar with patent reward systems, but only IBM pushed what I call reckless patenting. They explicitly said, in multiple situations, that even if you think that it's a trivial idea you should attempt to patent it as it will probably get through.

The only reason for this is to up their patent arsenal.

Some companies are better then others. I am confused about why you would ask a question that is intellectually equivalent of "... have you stopped beating your wife.." /S

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