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The patent system no longer rewards innovation. At best, it's a non-participant and at worst it quashes innovation. I'm not trying to agree or disagree with an
by philovivero 10y ago
The patent system no longer rewards innovation. At best, it's a non-participant and at worst it quashes innovation.
I'm not trying to agree or disagree with anything else you wrote, just clarifying what I think is a point you left ambiguous.
- CalChris 10y agoIf I was ambiguous, it was unintentional. I'm very pro-patent and moreover, I'm always surprised with opposition to them at the engineer level. I haven't met any entrepreneurs who were anti-patent. I rather disagree that patents don't reward innovation; that is exactly what they do. As Lincoln said, The patent system added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius. Lincoln was among many many things, a patent attorney.
- spatz 10y agoAny quotes newer than 19th century?
- CalChris 10y agoDamn. And I was gonna quote Twain: for I knew that a country without a patent office and good patent laws was just a crab, and couldn't travel any way but sideways or backways
- vocatus_gate 10y ago> Any quotes newer than 19th century? What you're doing is called Chronological Snobbery, acting as if an idea or concept has no value simply because of age.
- COGlory 10y ago> The patent system no longer rewards innovation. At best, it's a non-participant and at worst it quashes innovation. > I'm not trying to agree or disagree with anything else you wrote, just clarifying what I think is a point you left ambiguous. That's a ridiculous oversimplification.