> I believe with shortening them to eg. 1 year or two. You still have enough time to break into the market, to establish your position I don't think that's eno

> I believe with shortening them to eg. 1 year or two. You still have enough time to break into the market, to establish your position I don't think that's enough time to do either of those things, even in the most wildly optimistic circumstances. Honestly a patent term probably should be at least 10 years for an actual invention, but they need to tighten up rules about what an invention actually is. The place where IP has really gone off the rails is copyright.