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That's also my understanding. The 3D printing boom started when the patents expired.
by fxtentacle 2y ago
That's also my understanding. The 3D printing boom started when the patents expired.
- scotty79 2y agoWonderful illustration of how terrible patents are for technological developments of humanity and for consumers in general.
- fxtentacle 2y agoYou're not wrong. But at the same time, I feel like a patent is roughly the only thing that could stop a wealthy international corporation from just copying my new product and then out-competing me with their generous marketing budget. If the expected payout is large enough, a patent will then also help me find a law firm who's willing to work purely on commission, meaning it causes one of those rare instances where I might be able to meet an international corp at eye level, even if I'm a solo inventor.
- scotty79 2y agoTry it. It's not. The best case scenario it might make some huge corporation generously throw you some peanuts for your patent so it can use it for protection against other's creativity and to extort them. Other corps will just use your invention and just skip the markets where you have a patent. And yet their product will find its way there organically. Many individual inventors that got patents openly talk about how useless and expensive they are.