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PATENT-B-GONE! Inventor Mitch Altman explains why he open-sourced his TV-B-Gone kit

PATENT-B-GONE! Inventor Mitch Altman explains why he open-sourced his TV-B-Gone kit

Inventor Mitch Altman explains why he open-sourced his TV-B-Gone kit – MAKE volume 12. As an inventor, I was taught that patents encouraged creativity and entrepreneurship. So, after finishing my first TV-B-Gone universal remote control prototype, I naturally called my brother the patent attorney, and together we filed a patent application. Was that the best […]