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Could we shut it down for a whole year to see what happens without it?
by pintxo 8y ago
Could we shut it down for a whole year to see what happens without it?
- yuhong 8y agoThinking about it, we could probably get rid of copyright, patents and trademarks instantly in a collapse without much effect. This is unlike things like the Internet or electricity.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- tapland 8y agoMight work out, might be a patent explosion of valuable things after it opens up again from companies refraining from patenting during the shutdown.
- SiempreViernes 8y agoAs others have pointed out, the US has so successfully exported its patent system that patents filed in other countries will count too, so basically the multinationals would get a free year of snatching whatever unprotected IP they can think of from US only companies... or until Trump uses some executive order to break up the international IP system
- daveFNbuck 8y agoWhy wouldn't US companies just file abroad?
- anticensor 8y agoPatent, unlike copyright, requires explicit filing in a particular market to get protection.
- daveFNbuck 8y agoI'm responding to this: > the US has so successfully exported its patent system that patents filed in other countries will count too