<blockquote>It may be some time before iTweezers appears on the market – "there are loads of intellectual property issues" – but Bowman has already had interest from scientists in various fields, including chemists at Glasgow University who are using it in experiments with crystals. In the meantime, he's developing a more commercially viable iPad app called LabVIEW with his colleagues in Bristol: "It puts virtual dials and sliders on the screen to let you control your experiments in the lab".</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/27/ipad-tablet-computer-users-rivals">How the iPad revolution has transformed working lives | Technology | The Observer</a>.

This is an example how IP thwarts innovation.

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