> too easy to get a patent If you make it harder, startups will have difficulties obtaining them. Patents are a way for private companies to benefit from the

> too easy to get a patent If you make it harder, startups will have difficulties obtaining them. Patents are a way for private companies to benefit from the public enforcement. Like anything provided by the state, it can and will be taken out of its goals and used by the largest corporations to reinforce their dominance. Removing the tool would make the playing field more fair.