And patents do quite the damage to the free market. The theory is that they incentivize innovation - in reality innovation is incentivized quite enough by the p

And patents do quite the damage to the free market. The theory is that they incentivize innovation - in reality innovation is incentivized quite enough by the perspective profits. Patents incentivize rent-seeking and playing the court system. Copyrights and trademarks are important though to prevent fraud and deception. The government has the role of upholding the rule of law and gentlemanly competition - I am not advocating for anarchy.