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If the inventor is a corporation, this would be gamed by simply transferring ownership of the corporation. If the inventor is a human, the person would have to
by codeismightier 11y ago
If the inventor is a corporation, this would be gamed by simply transferring ownership of the corporation. If the inventor is a human, the person would have to organize as a sole proprietorship and forgo limited liability. Designing rules is hard!
- x5n1 11y agoIt's fine for corporations to own patents, they should be however nontransferable so only that corporation can ever bring a lawsuit to enforce it. And if the corporations is bought or sold or dissolved or rearranged, it loses the patent. That sort of limits the scope of how the patent can be used. Which would still be an improvement than now.
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- ascorbic 11y agoHow would that work with a public company? That's bought and sold every day.
- x5n1 11y agoNot what I meant, I meant as in when it becomes a subsidiary of another company or something as such. Not bought or sold on the stock market.
- ascorbic 11y agoThat would mean that any IP-heavy company could not get any investment, as selling any significant stake would mean all of their patents would be invalidated.