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Intellectual "Property" no longer is to promote progress of science and useful arts, it is a form of rent seeking. If the patent no longer promotes science and

• patentatt 8y ago
  This is a legally dubious argument. Consider that the patent system is one of the only tools which puts all parties on an even playing field. Surely, deep coffers convey great advantage to large players, but that power is not absolute. Solid prior art will ultimately limit or destroy value in a patent regardless of who owns it. It is essentially a meritocratic system, even if distorted by money. Without a patent system, it's a fully autocratic world in which money rules over all, and large players will use their market dominance to steal all innovation. It's a worse situation, any way you cut it. Any unfairness or inequality you can identify currently would only be exacerbated by removing patent protection. So, I support your cause for more egalitarianism and meritocracy, but I think doing away with patents will only make it worse, not better.