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As a holder of multiple patents (some thru employers, and several, now lapsed, that I tried to get personally) the entire system is a joke. As a few people have
by matthewsinclair 2y ago
As a holder of multiple patents (some thru employers, and several, now lapsed, that I tried to get personally) the entire system is a joke. As a few people have said here, it seems like it is designed entirely to obfuscate the process, make money for lawyers, and entrench the value of the existing portfolios of large patent holders.
In the process of doing some research on patents a while back I came across this article [0] which really resonated with me.
[0]: “Against intellectual property” — Brian Martin, https://documents.uow.edu.au/~/bmartin/pubs/95psa.html https://documents.uow.edu.au/~/bmartin/pubs/95psa.html
- foobarian 2y agoPart of the problem is that there are no more easy inventions left. The time when you could get a dozen new inventions just sticking a pair of electrodes into a vacuum chamber in your garage is long over.
- scotty79 2y agoAnd yet lawyers need to earn.
- Manabu-eo 2y agoAt first I thought you were linking to "Against Intellectual Monopoly" by Michele Boldrin and David K. Levine: http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm http://www.dklevine.com/general/intellectual/against.htm
- matthewsinclair 2y agoI haven’t read that one (queued for tomorrow) but based on the title and ToC it seems to be similar in reasoning to the link I posted.
- tempfile 2y agoThank you for making the distinction (since I should read GP's book) and thanks also for mentioning this brilliant book, so I don't have to.