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But this will not solve anything else about patents, there will be less reason to license them and such as the amount of time they can run for without any speci
by erk__ 6y ago
But this will not solve anything else about patents, there will be less reason to license them and such as the amount of time they can run for without any special income through the patent will be much less. Thus giving companies and inventors with a large capital a larger one up on the people that patents are also supposed to protect.
- loceng 6y agoSo maybe licensing dies off and it will have to be the patent holder who actually executes on creating something with it - is that a pro or a con?
- chongli 6y agoLots of inventions can be discovered by an individual with access to a lab (for example, at a university) yet cannot realistically be brought to market without billions in capital they may not have access to. Licensing is supposed to fix this by allowing these inventors to profit from their inventions without needing to get into manufacturing.
- loceng 6y agoAt what cost to society? Statements for one side or the other without looking at it in balance, as an equation, doesn't allow us to see the full picture and consequences.