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You're saying the goal of patents is to force others to adapt outdated technologies? Funny, I always thought the purpose of patents was to promote progress of "
by lutorm 17y ago
You're saying the goal of patents is to force others to adapt outdated technologies? Funny, I always thought the purpose of patents was to promote progress of "science and the useful arts".
- fnid2 17y agoI can't imagine where you got that I was saying that. The goal of patents is to allow innovators to share their ideas, while still protecting their ability to profit from the idea. The goal of patents is to reduce the risk of competitors taking profits for an idea without investing the R&D in the idea.