Subject
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Patents
Bookmarks
Patented Futures — MODEM
MODEM's Patented Futures reimagines nondescript tech patent filings as forward-looking product designs — mapping the implied promises and implications of corporate wearable tech patents. A design fiction project that makes speculative technology concrete.
Patent Goo: Self-Replicating Paxil
Nick Szabo's 2005 essay on pharmaceutical polymorph patents — how drug companies patent different crystal structures of the same molecule to extend exclusivity. Uses the Paxil case and the 'ice-nine' metaphor to explain how crystal contamination can eliminate a polymorph's commercial value.