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Stephan Kinsella | Patent Attorney, Writer & Scholar

July 29, 2014

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Stephan Kinsella is a registered patent attorney and libertarian theorist



Interview Highlights


Childhood interests: “I used to take televisions apart … and figure out what made them work”


On choosing a career: “If you are generally intelligent, competent, and hard-working and have the right values it’s not just one thing your suited for.”


On patent trolls:  “this is just another example of the problem with intellectual property in general and patents specifically … patent trolling is just an implication of having patents in the first place”


On finding him: “I’m ‘nskinsella’ everywhere”


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WB Wealth Management: An independent registered investment adviser




Advice for Law School students: Find a niche and pursue it early


Advice for small technology companies: Consider publishing as a patent defense strategy or patent defense insurance



Productivity tool of choice: J2 – online fax service; Sugarsync.com – synchronizes folders on your computer to a cloud account; carbonite.com- back-up services


References & Links

http://stephankinsella.com


http://c4sif.org/2011/08/the-patent-defense-league-and-defensive-patent-pooling/


http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/07/advice-for-prospective-libertarian-law-students/


http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/08/career-advice-by-north/


http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/07/an-anti-patent-patent-attorney/


http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/10/is-it-so-crazy-for-a-patent-attorney-to-think-patents-harm-innovation/


http://j2.com


http://sugarsync.com


http://carbonite.com



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