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The point of patents is to incentivize disclosure of knowledge in exchange for limited protection. I personally think that public institutions funding research
by 627467 7y ago
The point of patents is to incentivize disclosure of knowledge in exchange for limited protection. I personally think that public institutions funding research that leads to patents should share benefits of said patents. I believe most operators of those public funds (ie. Universities) actually benefit from this most of the time. At least in major public European universities
- atq2119 7y agoUnfortunately, patents don't really do that in practice. For example, it is typical for engineers to be advised not to read any patents at all. Plus, most patents are written in a style that's pretty much opposite to how you'd write if the goal was dissemination of knowledge.