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But in the future they will see less innovation as R&D is further slashed.
by sgt101 8y ago
But in the future they will see less innovation as R&D is further slashed.
- izacus 8y agoI see this thrown around all the time when we talk about monopolizing IP and having huge corporations put their lawyer boots on smaller company throats... but is it really true? Will making IP protection weaker actually stifle innovation? Was innovation in industrial era hugely stuffled by not protecting every single patent a huge multi-national conglomerates throw out?
- sgt101 8y agoWell, yes, hence the development of patents. "The English patent system evolved from its early medieval origins into the first modern patent system that recognised intellectual property in order to stimulate invention; this was the crucial legal foundation upon which the Industrial Revolution could emerge and flourish." ([1]Wikipedia) Without patents what you do is create trade secrets, patents publish the concepts that are protected, they are fully disclosed (or the patent is junk) and after 25 years anyone can use them. The 25 years is the time that you have to get payback on your invention - forcing investment in development now before your monopoly expires. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent
- NicoJuicy 8y agoYes, the biggest open source corporation is known for Enterprise solutions ( red hat). Please find me an example that open-sourced everything, with their Enterprise solution.
- ionised 8y agoThey are already seeing less innovation from phone makers. Phone makers have been short on ideas for a long time now. It didn't require any IP theft for that to happen.