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Why have a Tech Team in Kathmandu?

ITONICS

That was the starting point for my first trip to Kathmandu in 2011. How did this happen and why is Nepal a great place not only for culture, food, nature and the highest mountains on earth but for software development as-well? Today, we have a team of nearly 60 individuals in the capital of Nepal, and we are constantly growing.

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How the current patent system actually hurts innovation (and how patent trolls are being fought)

Idea to Value

If you want to see just crazy the situation is, watch this video by software developer Austin Meyer, in which he describes his experience trying to fight these patent infringement claims with the companies that sued him. But the biggest change to the system came in 2011, with the America Invents Act.

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