I believe the author was trying to satisfy that crowd along with the crowd who pours over every detail with multivariate "what-if" scenarios and it simply led to a longer book. I do agree with that, it's a little too detailed for some who (especially) are casual readers in the business book space. In this case, it boiled simply down to a few works for a paper patent (Polaroid never commercialized it) and it's a good documentary on how management decisions were made a few decades ago.Īs some reviewers point out, for some readers this would have expressed the point in a shorter format. But given that we're still making up this capitalism experiment as we go along, it's a blinding reminder of some of the dark sides of intellectual property law and how it can create an enormous amount of tension. This isn't common nowadays, where modern value preservation theory would have likely created the need for Kodak to become innocuous and Polaroid a bit more malleable. The two companies simply destroyed each other right in front of the public to see. Land as well as a comprehensive analysis of where Polaroid (and Kodak) went wrong, and how each actually had quite a good position before killing each other. Land and the famous Polaroid camera from the 1960's-1980s. This is an exceptional narrative of the life and tribulations of Dr. I read this as an audiobook downloaded from Audible. The book is well written and reads like a legal thriller. He later became a successful entertainment attorney. Fierstein was a young lawyer working with Edwin Land on the team of litigators representing Polaroid in court. This book goes into detail about The Polaroid v Kodak patent lawsuit, the unprecedented account of the most significant patent litigation of the twentieth century. He took his father’s advice to heart and earned the sobriquet “Champion of Patents.” His father counseled him to protect his invention with a patent. Land dropped out of Harvard University to start his company to produce his polarizer discovery. I was amazed how long the case took five years for doing depositions alone with each person taking 6 weeks or more. The section about the trial goes into great detail even to the number of hotel rooms rented for the attorneys, legal secretaries and paralegals. The author goes into detail about Land’s inventions in a step by step process that left me feeling as if I was watching over Land’s shoulder. military intelligence efforts during WWII and the cold war. He also made critical contributions to top-secret U. The author tells the fascinating story of the reclusive genius who, as a teen, invented the plastic polarizer, which is still used almost a century later in countless popular applications including sunglasses and LCD screens.Įdwin Land (1909-1991) also pioneered the revolutionary one-step system of photography. Fierstein has obviously done a great deal of research about Edwin Land and his company. More than a simple biography, this fascinating book is a biographical legal thriller that is not to be missed." The conflict led to an epic legal battle, a dramatic event for Land who, from the witness stand, personally starred in a compelling courtroom drama. What began as a cooperative and collegial relationship ended in Kodak s betrayal. This corporate and legal struggle is a story of almost operatic dimension. Additionally, you'll thrill to the compelling firsthand look at one of our nation s most important legal battles over intellectual property Polaroid versus Kodak. military intelligence efforts during World War II and through the Cold War in the service of seven American presidents. You'll learn details of Land s involvement over four decades with topsecret U.S. The book takes you behind the scenes of his discoveries, his triumphs, and also the defeats of this reclusive genius. Land s most famous achievement of course, was the creation of a revolutionary film and camera system that could produce a photographic print moments after the picture was taken. At the time of his death, he stood third on the list of our most prolific inventors, behind only Thomas Edison and one of Edison s colleagues. This riveting biography from the American Bar Association, visits the spectacular life of Edwin Land, breakthrough inventor. In many ways, Edwin Land was the original Steve Jobs. Both were perfectionists, micromanagers with fanatic attention to detail, consummate showmen and marketers. Neither had a college degree, but both men built highly successful, innovative organizations. Jobs revered Land as "a national treasure," and modeled much of his career after his. One man Steve Jobs outspokenly admired was Edwin Land, the creator of Polaroid s instant photography.
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