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Please please please banish the patent system already. It is solely used by corrupt lawyers to persecute and rob successful entrepreneurs.

• epolanski 2y ago
  This is a very bad take. Patents most important goal is to protect entrepreneurs and the resources they spend in R&D and to promote entrepreneurship and innovation. Imagine spending millions on developing, say, a new method to produce something at 1/10th a cost. Now imagine a world without patents, where competitors can just copy your process. Who's gonna invest and innovate? Apply that to everything from batteries to telecom from anything healthcare to car engines, etc. Without patents we would not have the same technological evolution.
  • 20after4 2y ago
    Even with a patent it's not that easy to stop someone from copying your invention. They can just change it a little bit and tada, now it's not a violation. Or a company in China can clone everything about your invention, right down to the marketing copy and aspects of the branding. Then they can buy placement on amazon.com to steal your market and drink your milkshake essentially zero consequences.
    • silexia 2y ago
      Ideas are worthless, execution is everything. Famous mantra on old school HN, and the same philosophy held by some of the most famous inventors in history such as Ford, Edison, Musk, etc.