tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899476802422222393.post994032886752116054..comments2023-10-25T05:08:23.037-05:00Comments on Research Entrepreneur: Is Defensive Publishing Appropriate for Small Businesses?JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02334554920865685561noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7899476802422222393.post-81890100126969139372010-03-01T08:49:34.846-06:002010-03-01T08:49:34.846-06:00Defensive Publishing seems to be a tactic to benef...Defensive Publishing seems to be a tactic to benefit big business only. If I understand correctly, the strategy is to publish something to the public domain, then throw your weight around to dominate the development and production of that specific technology. Instead of building walls, they're knocking walls down because they think that they the advantage.<br /><br />The concept might work well where a single company dominated a market, but I believe that it would fail where there were at least two players that had high stakes. If more than one company can bring their resources to bear in effort to exploit the new technology, it doesn't serve the purpose of the originating company to use the defensive publishing strategy . . . unless they are in cahoots with the other major player in effort to limit other companies from gaining market share.<br /><br />From the standpoint of a small business, you have to be pretty generous to try your hand a defensive publishing. I could see that you might try it if you were hoping to use your innovation as a bullet point on your resume to get hired by the larger company. However, if you're in-it-to-win-it, it is much better to protect your IP. At least that way if big business does want the idea, they have to pay you either through a royalty agreement or via acquisition.Lost Prophethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00450470557119783512noreply@blogger.com