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> Remember that the entire purpose of the uspto is to encourage innovation While patents could in principle be reformed, in practise any reform is unlikely to
by cabalamat 16y ago
> Remember that the entire purpose of the uspto is to encourage innovation
While patents could in principle be reformed, in practise any reform is unlikely to work because people would game the system. The best way to encourage innovation would probably be to abolish patents altogether.
- dennisgorelik 16y agoAbolishing patent system would be an overkill, but shrinking it, say, ten-fold, would help.