The patent system should be abolished. Here are a number of (convincing) arguments which refute the central premises of the patent system: "The Case Against Pat

The patent system should be abolished. Here are a number of (convincing) arguments which refute the central premises of the patent system: "The Case Against Patents" : https://files.stlouisfed.org/files/htdocs/wp/2012/2012-035.pdf https://files.stlouisfed.org/files/htdocs/wp/2012/2012-035.p...