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>Patents are still being used to protect smaller companies from much larger corporations. Allowing these large corporations to legally ignore patents will only
by SQueeeeeL 4y ago
>Patents are still being used to protect smaller companies from much larger corporations. Allowing these large corporations to legally ignore patents will only make things worse for the rest of us.
Truly small operations don't have the bandwidth or resources to even file for a patent. So it's pretty much only medium sized companies or those with the backing of powerful groups who take advantage of the patent system.
- Vt71fcAqt7 4y agoThe data are readily available.[0] It seems that small businesses actually can file patents. Even small teams and individuals can file patents, and do. I fact, patents per employee seemingly decreases as company size increases. [0]https://cdn.advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/13092425/Fact-Sheet_Small-Business-Innovation-Measured-by-Patenting-Activity.pdf https://cdn.advocacy.sba.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/1309...
- outworlder 4y agoWhile that's true, have you tried? It's a full time job.
- ROTMetro 4y agoThis just isn't true I got my name on patents working at small companies.
- narrator 4y agoI successfully patented a product and licensed that patent to a small company that does quite well selling a product based on that patent. It did cost about $15k, but that's business risk. If a megacorp ever infringed the patent, we could sue them. Sure, they could try and work around it with other designs, but their product wouldn't work as well.