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Could be semantics, I guess. Patent examiners permit operation of monopolies in my view. > (Aside: I wonder what the effects would be of inventing and patentin
by btrettel 4y ago
Could be semantics, I guess. Patent examiners permit operation of monopolies in my view.
> (Aside: I wonder what the effects would be of inventing and patenting environment-destroying technologies, then refusing to license them to delay their implementation. The patent system allows anyone to ban a technology, if they can convince the examiner they invented it.)
I imagine polluting companies would ignore the patents ("efficient infringement") and/or try to invalidate the patents.
- whatshisface 4y ago>Patent examiners permit operation of monopolies in my view. The operation of a monopoly was already possible before the patent via trade secrets (typical contemporary example, SpaceX), what the patent does is make it illegal to break the monopoly by re-inventing the technology.