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Why does this show how patents necessarily harm innovation? It would seem to show that our particular implementation can be harmful. There's a lot of literature

by travisp 17y ago

Why does this show how patents necessarily harm innovation? It would seem to show that our particular implementation can be harmful. There's a lot of literature that discusses many of the benefits to innovation from patents throughout their history, and it doesn't seem to follow from "lots of people are suing each other over patents [as currently implemented]" that "patents harm, rather than help innovation." I wouldn't disagree that there need to be major revisions in our practice (patents shouldn't take years to be granted, obvious patents need to be curtailed, etc. etc.).

praptak 17y ago
"There's a lot of literature that discusses many of the benefits to innovation from patents throughout their history" Care to enumerate? I have read "Against Intellectual Monopoly" and I'd really like to get a decent view on the opposite side of the argument.
- travisp 17y ago
  Here are some interesting articles on patents I have found: "Rewarding Innovation Efficiently: The Case for Exclusive Rights" http://innovationforum.gmu.edu/2008/papers/reward.pdf http://innovationforum.gmu.edu/2008/papers/reward.pdf "Removing the Property from Intellectual Property and (Intended?) Pernicious Impacts on Innovation and Competition" http://papers.isnie.org/paper/150.html http://papers.isnie.org/paper/150.html "What's Wrong With Royalty Rates in High Technology Industries?" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1104315 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1104315 "A Stitch in Time: The Rise and Fall of the Sewing Machine Patent Thicket" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1354849 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1354849 "Rethinking the Development of Patents: An Intellectual History, 1550-1800" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=863925 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=863925

by travisp 17y ago

praptak 17y ago

"There's a lot of literature that discusses many of the benefits to innovation from patents throughout their history" Care to enumerate? I have read "Against Intellectual Monopoly" and I'd really like to get a decent view on the opposite side of the argument.

travisp 17y ago
Here are some interesting articles on patents I have found: "Rewarding Innovation Efficiently: The Case for Exclusive Rights" http://innovationforum.gmu.edu/2008/papers/reward.pdf http://innovationforum.gmu.edu/2008/papers/reward.pdf "Removing the Property from Intellectual Property and (Intended?) Pernicious Impacts on Innovation and Competition" http://papers.isnie.org/paper/150.html http://papers.isnie.org/paper/150.html "What's Wrong With Royalty Rates in High Technology Industries?" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1104315 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1104315 "A Stitch in Time: The Rise and Fall of the Sewing Machine Patent Thicket" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1354849 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1354849 "Rethinking the Development of Patents: An Intellectual History, 1550-1800" http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=863925 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=863925