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law of unintended consequences the moment you put an expiration date on patents due to lack of use, watch moneyed competitors sitting around waiting for your p
by IG_Semmelweiss 3y ago
law of unintended consequences
the moment you put an expiration date on patents due to lack of use, watch moneyed competitors sitting around waiting for your patent to expire instead of using yours to bring it to market
- yieldcrv 3y agothen you shouldn’t form the patent then as you would still just be increasing costs for the industry by existing and delaying things you could have just written about it on your blog and been the same place and been a net positive for society
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agoI'm not arguing that its OK to patent code or abstract ideas that are the basis for BS "catch all" patent infringement lawsuits or amazon 1-click buy nonsense. I'm talking is about real inventions. Television, radio, wheeled luggage, etc. I also think that code should be copyrighted, not patented. Patents use to mean something else, and I can see we are talking about different things.
- KptMarchewa 3y agoYou mean it would bring the price of licensing the patent down? I don't see the downside.
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agoI'm not sure how small inventors could benefit from their creativity. What is at the core of this need to steal other people's ideas? HN is supposed to respect the rule of law and western respect for innovation and collecting the fruits of your labor. If someone won't give you a decent price, reverse engineer their work and come up with a creative alternative. I'm not arguing that its OK to patent code or abstract ideas that are the basis for BS "catch all" patent infringement lawsuits or amazon 1-click buy nonsense. I'm talking is about real inventions. Television, radio, wheeled luggage, etc. I also think that code should be copyrighted, but cannot be patented.