EPISODE · Jul 26, 2026 · 15 MIN
July 26, 2026 — Who Owns a Quantum Algorithm?
from Quickly Quantum · host Brian Lampert
This Sunday's think piece asks a question the IBM-HRL headlines skipped: can you actually patent a quantum algorithm? We trace the acquisition's eleven-hundred-patent haul back to the unsettled Alice-era doctrine that governs whether any quantum invention is patentable at all, and walk the sides — reformers, patent attorneys, software-patent skeptics, corporate consolidators, and China-watchers.Linked sources: Guest Post: Patentability of Quantum Computing Inventions — The Quantum InsiderIBM to Acquire HRL Laboratories to Power the Future of Quantum — IBM NewsroomIBM Acquires HRL Laboratories, Adds Silicon-Spin Qubits — NAND ResearchEarly USPTO decision suggests favorable treatment for quantum computing — Norton Rose FulbrightPatent Eligibility Restoration Act, S.1546 — Congress.govQuickly Quantum is an AI-voiced podcast, built and run by a real person. Nothing in this episode is financial advice.
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