> There is no such thing as an original idea. Maybe not, but being the first to implement one is massively more expensive than being the second to. Hence paten

> There is no such thing as an original idea. Maybe not, but being the first to implement one is massively more expensive than being the second to. Hence patents, to give you a chance to recover your expenses – if companies have to fear never making a profit of being the first, you're still starving innovation: Ideas are worthless if they aren't implemented.