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What the alternative to patent courts be in your opinion? Simply nothing or do you have some other idea which would be more fair and hinder development less?
by erk__ 4y ago
What the alternative to patent courts be in your opinion? Simply nothing or do you have some other idea which would be more fair and hinder development less?
- bborud 4y agoThe sensible thing to do would be to abolish patents completely. Patents originated as a way to create incentive to publish inventions. We do not need patents for that purpose anymore. Today patents have the opposite effect: they stifle innovation. Yes, it would lead to several sectors having to restructure their business models since extortion and monopolism would no longer be viable business models, but then again, they shouldn't be allowed to be viable business models in a properly functioning market anyway. As for sectors such as pharma: It would be a huge win for humanity. If drug development was mostly funded by public money, there would be far better focus on developing the drugs we actually need rather than reinventing existing drugs just so you can patent them and price gouge. For instance, some classes of drugs, like antibiotics, are almost impossible to develop under the current circumstances because recovering cost is extremely hard. The only parties benefiting from patents are the biggest incumbents. For anyone who doesn't have extremely deep coffers they are at best vanity items, and at worst, a possible liability.
- croes 4y agoAt the moment? Simply nothing.
- sam_goody 4y ago> the government money that goes into the patents were to go instead into grants and funds for good ideas - any thing that would have gotten a patent should get cash, say Maybe an "inventor" or "Original" badge, like "BBB Accredited", could be awarded by the Govmnt. Hard for me to guess the longer term trade off of such a thing, but it could be such things won't be litigated as much, but can serve as a way to know who to reward, or who is most likely quality or genuine?
- MichaelZuo 4y agoHow do you prove yourself to be 'inventor' or 'original' if there are already preexisting patents?
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- inductive_magic 4y agoIdea: let patents auto-expire after four years without chance of renewal. In four years, you can use your patent to become a market leader. If your case is so complex that you can't attack the market within that time, let an independent regulatory instance prolong the duration to 5-8 years tops.
- nathanaldensr 4y ago> let an independent regulatory instance prolong the duration to 5-8 years tops This will be instantly co-opted and subverted (regulatory capture). There is no such thing as "independent" government.
- bee_rider 4y agoEven if it is captured, 5-8 years is not so bad compared to 15-20.