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Everyone hates how patents are abused, and yet everyone seems to acknowledge their importance in specific cases. Why not raise the price of patents substantiall
by jostmey 11y ago
Everyone hates how patents are abused, and yet everyone seems to acknowledge their importance in specific cases. Why not raise the price of patents substantially? It might make patent trolling economically unfeasible, but would still allow for someone to patent the cure the cancer or whatnot?
- jMyles 11y ago> everyone seems to acknowledge their importance in specific cases Up until now? Sure. Maybe. Going forward into the internet age? I don't acknowledge their importance to anyone but the already wealthy and connected.
- notatoad 11y agoThe abuse of patents is largely a problem because it allows the established players to profit while making it hard for independent inventors to get a start. Raising the cost to file a patent is only going to make that worse. It's already at the point of being too expensive to get a patent without some sort of funding.
- samwilliams 11y ago> Why not raise the price of patents substantially? Because it is not only rich people that are innovative? As far as I can see, if anyone is going to have their IP secured by the state, then money should not be the barrier to entry. You could argue that if an idea is good enough, the inventor should be able to secure funding to get the patent. However, there is frequently an issue of timing with these things -- one needs to secure the idea as soon as possible. See the story of the two patent filings for the telephone. Besides, patent trolling is popular because it is extremely profitable. Doubling or tripling the cost of patents will not deter any serious troll.