1) What was the biggest surprise for
you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the
most as different from your expectations?
I was really surprised that you could get a patent for composition of atoms. It makes sense I guess but it was somewhat surprising.
2) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
I wasn't really confused at all throughout the course of the reading. I thought it was pretty straight-forward and insightful.
3) If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?
I would ask the author if he has any patents and if not how did he acquire all of this knowledge about patenting and intellectual property rights (he is a professor of entrepreneurship, so I suppose he would know these sorts of things, but I would be curious to know if he does, indeed, have any patents). I would also like to ask him his view on outsourcing. He did mention that it has been highly politicized in the United States, but I wonder what his views are.
4) Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?
I didn't find any fallible information and didn't disagree with him about anything as it was pretty factual and not based on theory.
