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You conveniently forget the final part. Patents give you a limited monopoly in exchange for full disclosure of your invention. By filing for a patent you accept
by jwildeboer 8y ago
You conveniently forget the final part. Patents give you a limited monopoly in exchange for full disclosure of your invention. By filing for a patent you accept that all the knowledge it contains becomes public domain. That’s the original deal. The comment I reacted on describes the IMHO perverted way patents are used nowadays. They don’t share knowledge (especially software patents), they only incentivise defensive, litigious behaviour in the market.
- xstartup 8y agoThey don’t share knowledge (especially software patents) Can you explain how they do not share knowledge? They only incentivise defensive, litigious behaviour in the market. 1. A patent grants you a right 2. If someone threatens your right, you are going to defend it. Or are you suggesting that we should not use legal methods to defend our right? Any right? Or just patent rights is the exception you propose? 3. If you threaten other's right and they threaten yours, you have a way to negotiate at a table outside the court and save society's precious resources. I still don't see how it's bad. Please enlighten me.