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Patents are one of those things that seem like a good idea, and probably was for a while. Then people started playing by the letter of the law instead of the s
by stonemetal12 5y ago
Patents are one of those things that seem like a good idea, and probably was for a while. Then people started playing by the letter of the law instead of the sprit of the law and it all went to hell.
You know the phrase "best thing since sliced bread", well the sliced bread machine was patented and now we all have sliced bread. That is the way it should work.
- jandrese 5y agoI'm a bit torn because one of the alternative systems to patents is the medieval system where secretive guilds jealously guard their techniques and tools from the public. Things can turn ugly with industrial espionage between companies and countries getting a lot of people killed because there is no legal recourse.
- dpark 5y agoBut we also provide legal protection for trade secrets! The whole thing is a mess.