Stop Debating Build Or Buy Until You've Defined The Problem

Innovation rarely fits "build or buy." It's which components to build, which to buy and how they fit together for your ...
Psychology Today

The Solution Problem: Why Solving Problems Often Creates More

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...
Entrepreneur

When Looking for a Solution, Stop Staring at the Problem

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When it comes to losing your keys, or your phone, or your favorite pen, it’s true that the one place you’ll never look is right under ...
PC Magazine

point solution

Solving one particular problem without regard to related issues. Point solutions are widely used to fix a problem or implement a new service quickly. See point product. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL ...
IPWatchdog

Could or should the USPTO adopt the EPO problem-and-solution approach for assessing obviousness?

In the US, obviousness is governed by 35 USC §103 and the practice has developed as a function of Case Law. This article – which is a follow-up to The quest for patent quality: European inventive step ...