4 ms·
> Patent laws [...] are artificial constructs What do you make of the move corporations are making away from the use of patents, towards the use of a hybrid ‘t
by beckman466 5y ago
> Patent laws [...] are artificial constructs
What do you make of the move corporations are making away from the use of patents, towards the use of a hybrid ‘trade secret + patent‘ sandwich? Is there a scenario where it does not stifle innovation?
I’m asking because I personally don’t see any. As you said these systems are artificial constructs, and at the worst this taking away as trade secrets is theft on an enormous scale.
The internet allows mass collaboration, and I believe we are still in the very early stages of developing this infrastructure.
Elaboration on what exactly I mean by ‘patent + trade secret’ sandwich here: https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2019/02/19/dont-fooled-patent-purge-elon-musk-just-another-hypocritical-tech-billionaire/ https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2019/02/19/dont-fooled-patent-pur...
- vkou 5y ago> What do you make of the move corporations are making away from the use of patents, towards the use of a hybrid ‘trade secret + patent‘ sandwich? Is there a scenario where it does not stifle innovation? I take that it's not happening to the extent claimed, and that those claims are largely self-serving propaganda used as justification for a legal land-grab. Of course patent owners are going to argue that their patents should be valid for fifty thousand years, with the figleaf that it protects 'innovation'. What else would they say? That they'd like IP law tilted in their favour because it would make them more money?
- beckman466 5y ago> I take that it's not happening to the extent claimed, and that those claims are largely self-serving propaganda used as justification for a legal land-grab. Really? What you are basing this off of?