I note that you're ducking the question of why something that is clearly relevant to a useful product is not a good idea simply because the wrong person has a p

I note that you're ducking the question of why something that is clearly relevant to a useful product is not a good idea simply because the wrong person has a patent. > If you have an idea and do nothing with it, society is not better off. Define nothing. If I write a textbook that other folks use to do something, most people would claim that my textbook made society better off. Do you disagree? Note that patents are disclosure.... > The scenario you described is an unintended consequence, or a perversion, of how patent system is supposed to work. Oh really? The patent literature says that patents are a trade - a limited term monopoly for disclosure of an idea. You seem to think that patents are protection for folks making stuff.