Risks Of 'Crowdsourcing' To Find Prior Art

Law360 ( April 4, 2011, 1:59 PM EDT) -- Never heard of it? If not, you will soon. Wikipedia the most famous example of "crowdsourcing" describes it as a form of outsourcing that takes tasks traditionally performed by an employee and outsourcing them to a group of people through an "open call" asking for contributions. Jeff Howe, "The Rise of Crowdsourcing". Wired. (June 2006) (http://www. wired. com/wired/archive/14. 06/crowds. html. Retrieved 2007-03-17. ). . .

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