IP protections give a company a monopoly on a product for a period of time. If the company uses that time to build an even better product, that’s great for the

IP protections give a company a monopoly on a product for a period of time. If the company uses that time to build an even better product, that’s great for the consumer. If the company uses it to gut their engineering department (who needs innovation anymore!) and enrich themselves, I am much less sympathetic. The fact that our legal system can’t tell the difference between the two and the market doesn’t seem to care doesn’t mean we should pretend there isn’t a difference.