If you listen to Lin Sun interview on Google's Kubernetes Podcast you hear that she have the title Master Inventor. Since she is interviewed under the title of Istio I was sure she invented some interesting techincal stuff in that field. You don't have to wait too long for (at least what I find as) the disappointing explanation of what does the title mean, why it exists and what the results are.
In short, there's incentive as well as assistance in filling up patents, they don't seem to discriminate on basis of usability, feasibility or anything else. They do give bigger bonuses for patents that are in one of the fields considered strategic for the company.
Listening to it was somewhere between amusing to depressing:
In short, there's incentive as well as assistance in filling up patents, they don't seem to discriminate on basis of usability, feasibility or anything else. They do give bigger bonuses for patents that are in one of the fields considered strategic for the company.
Listening to it was somewhere between amusing to depressing:
https://kubernetespodcast.com/episode/086-invention-ibm-isti...