Corporatewarfare overpatents is not new. Companieshistoricallypreferred toreach truces, choosing to cross-license theirintellectualpropertyrather than risking bigger losses incourt.
His remarkable success and his equally surprising departure is a riveting story of power and ambition, corporate skullduggery and long internecine warfare, culminating in the disputed sale of the family business to outsiders.
Yet the true purpose of the pamphlet, many have argued, was to address the ongoing anxiety among corporate leaders about the threat of class warfare and Communism.