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I had written a whole comment about this but paused and did some research. Very interesting to read about the origins of patents. Not what I expected! https:/

I had written a whole comment about this but paused and did some research. Very interesting to read about the origins of patents. Not what I expected! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Monopolies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Monopolies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_Patent_Statute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_Patent_Statute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_patent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_patent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Brunelleschi#An_innovative_boat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Brunelleschi#An_innova...

pnw_hazor 6y ago
The US Const. was unique in that it called for IP rights to vest in the individual inventors/creators. This was done deliberately in the time when kings could grant patents to anyone they choose. Unfortunately, this US rule was significantly weakened by the America Invents Act (2011). The AIA, among other things, changed US law to a first-to-file scheme rather than a first-to-invent scheme. This change favors big corps because they tend to file patents early before public disclosure of the inventions.