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An inventor in that position doesn't have any negotiating power that's the why.
by pmorici 10y ago
An inventor in that position doesn't have any negotiating power that's the why.
- mistermann 10y agoCould he denounce his US citizenship and move to, say, Moscow or China?
- pmorici 10y agoIf he were willing to put himself in the a position where the US government could claim he had broken the law sure he could do whatever he wants. That would arguably make his bargaining position worse though because then he has the US government after him for what they will likely frame as espionage and he would be dependent on the good will of some other government which effectively puts him in an Assange Snowden style predicament.
- smallnamespace 10y agoOne possible reason is it's very hard to prove the market value of something that you never sold. You can say that your product is worth $1bn until you're blue in the face, but there won't be any evidence of that without any buyers.
- pmorici 10y agoI think it's more basic than that. The company has no BATNA (Best Alternative To Negotiated Agreement).