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>The original intent of the patent system was to give inventors a leg up to commercialize their idea before they can be bullied out of the market by large compe
by _0ffh 5y ago
>The original intent of the patent system was to give inventors a leg up to commercialize their idea before they can be bullied out of the market by large competitors
Maybe, but I don't care at this point what the purported intent was. Reality is, it failed and made things much worse. The whole patent system, at this point, serves mainly as a barrier for small companies to enter the market. The best thing that could be done with it is to burn it to the ground.
- Applejinx 5y agoGiven that in a global market system anyone contending with the patent system and its abusers, also has to contend with market competition from countries such as China which aren't interested in honoring the IP rules in the first place, I find it hard to argue with your conclusion. Looks like arbitrary rent-seeking and random intellectual piracy to me. A cover for barratry as an income stream.
- NaturalPhallacy 5y agoImaginary Property is just a term ginned up by lawyers to parasitize actual productivity. It was invented by lawyers, for lawyers. Fuck IP and fuck lawyers.