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Dragging out the old one-click patent I see. I guess I missed where the development of ecommerce was stymied by this patent. A patent can promote innovation in
by pnw_hazor 8y ago
Dragging out the old one-click patent I see. I guess I missed where the development of ecommerce was stymied by this patent.
A patent can promote innovation in at least two ways: (1) rewarding the inventors for their toil and risk taking; and (2) by forcing competitors to try to solve the same problem with a different solution.
People seem to forget about the second one.
- throwaway37585 8y ago(1) is addressed by the article. As for (2), well... do you have any evidence this outweighs all the downsides of the patent system?
- pnw_hazor 8y agoMost of the so-called downsides of IP are subjective or viewpoint based. Or, they are imaginary/hypothetical. But there is this, countries with the strongest IP protection are the most innovative and successful. So there must be something beneficial going on.