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We live in a world where patents can be extended almost endlessly. Intellectual property is also treated in the same way, and I think unless there's a big cultu
by als0 7y ago
We live in a world where patents can be extended almost endlessly. Intellectual property is also treated in the same way, and I think unless there's a big cultural shift in company incentives this will remain for a long time to come.
- jefftk 7y ago> We live in a world where patents can be extended almost endlessly. Why do you say that? Twenty years from filing and everything in your patent is now available for anyone to use. Various parts of our IP system are pretty broken, but "patents last forever" isn't a thing.