The Flash of Genius

Name: The Flash of Genius
Cite: The New Yorker
Year: 1993
Bluebook cite: John Seabrook, The Flash of Genius, New orker, Jan. 11, 1993 at 38
Author: John Seabrook
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Item Type: article
Summary: Discusses how Bob Kearns and his patented intermittent windshield wiper have been winning millions of dollars in settlements from the auto industry, and forcing the issue of who owns the idea. How he came up with his wiper in 1962; How Kearns will go to court in a suit he brought against General Motors later this year; Suits he has won; His plans to go after foreign auto makers; How the US patent system works; How Kearns wants justice more than money from the auto industry;

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