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During a war amongst peers? No. Outside of that? Sure. Particularly if the crippling allows for an element of surprise and keeps that tech out of other peoples
by austhrow743 5y ago
During a war amongst peers? No.
Outside of that? Sure. Particularly if the crippling allows for an element of surprise and keeps that tech out of other peoples hands. Even without that though every country that isn’t spending the most it can on its military is choosing to ‘cripple’ it in favour of other things.
- WalterBright 5y agoDo you think your enemy could possibly care less about respecting your patent?
- austhrow743 5y agoWhy is the US military sending them the designs and saying please don’t copy these?
- WalterBright 5y agoWe're talking about the US military and US patents.
- fmajid 5y agoPatents require the invention to be disclosed. Now the Atomic Energy Commission had some special classified patents that were exempt from that rule, but that is very much an exception. The whole societal bargain behind patents is limited time monopoly in exchange for disclosure.