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One thing that struck me reading this article is that innovation seems to have outgrown the one size fits all nature of the patent system. Given the huge diffe
by muerdeme 17y ago
One thing that struck me reading this article is that innovation seems to have outgrown the one size fits all nature of the patent system. Given the huge difference in capital expenditures required between engineering software and pharmaceuticals, why are they treated the same?
- kiba 17y agoYou may want to take a look at Against Intellectual Monopoly. http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/againstfinal.htm http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/againstfi... The thesis is that all patent and copyright, contrary to popular belief, does not actually increase innovation. I have mentioned this book on several occasions but it seem that hackers continue to remain ignorant of books like this.