Patents are an attempt to protect risk. If you're getting my money to invest without any risk to yourself, you don't deserve a patent. Here's an easy solution:

Patents are an attempt to protect risk. If you're getting my money to invest without any risk to yourself, you don't deserve a patent. Here's an easy solution: Patent and copyright times are limited proportionally by the percentage of government money invested and at the end of that time, the research must be made publicly available.