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Can you provide justification? In my view, they work when they promote competition and adequately compensate innovation. I know these are broad requirements, bu

by fny 5y ago

Can you provide justification? In my view, they work when they promote competition and adequately compensate innovation. I know these are broad requirements, but I think that they're better than abolishing patents altogether.

alpaca128 5y ago
This whole "competition" idea turns into the exact opposite when giant corporations buy others and gain all their patents. Motorola was bought because it came with over 10k patents, that is guaranteed to hurt competition. I think patents make sense to some degree, but they should expire much quicker and should not be transferrable.
- bigfudge 5y ago
  Or transferable once? Otherwise small actors never benefit because their parents can just be ignored by Corps with big legal teams
- fny 5y ago
  I don't disagree that the current system functions well: I'm just saying abolishing them is not the answer.
burnished 5y ago
Can you demonstrate that it actually works that way?