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Patents are broken. They reward deep pockets, those who have enough money to fight a long, expensive, court battle. They do not reward innovation. I know star
by marcus_holmes 6y ago
Patents are broken.
They reward deep pockets, those who have enough money to fight a long, expensive, court battle.
They do not reward innovation. I know startups who have failed to get a patent because their invention was not "specific enough", and some who have failed to protect their invention because their patent was too specific to defend.
They maintain the status quo, which is entirely antithetical to their purpose.
They maybe work in biotech, and other industries where the capital investment is colossal and needs protecting. In most other industries, especially web tech, they're a net negative and need to be abolished.
- bryanrasmussen 6y ago>They reward deep pockets >They do not reward innovation. I suppose, although I think an eink display is reasonably innovative, and I don't think the company has particularly deep pockets in comparison to the companies we generally complain about around here.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoEink is innovative. That doesn't mean patents reward innovation. As others have said, they're chasing a monopoly on these types of displays, aided by their use of patents. That's not something we should be encouraging. The point of patents was to give a limited window for the inventor of a thing to exclusively capitalise on the thing, in return for making the details of the thing public so that others could in turn expand and improve on the thing. This is not what's happening here.
- Jemm 6y ago> They reward deep pockets, those who have enough money to fight a long, expensive, court battle. You have just described the legal system as a whole.
- marcus_holmes 6y agoYes, indeed. And the legal system is also broken because of it.