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The Netherlands was the last country in Europe to introduce patent law AFTER Philips stole bulb manufacturing technology from Edison (Philips is now a huge pate
by bboygravity 2y ago
The Netherlands was the last country in Europe to introduce patent law AFTER Philips stole bulb manufacturing technology from Edison (Philips is now a huge patent holder and actively steals ideas from startups to turn them into patents).
- Cumpiler69 2y agoIf you can't innovate, steal.
- arcticbull 2y agoHistory shows us you copy first to build a foundation, refine and then innovate. This was Japan's recent-ish narrative arc too, after all.
- idunnoman1222 2y agoThis is the proverbial standing on the shoulders of Giants, which we all do every day
- thayne 2y agoIf you can't innovate, buy (or steal) someone else's invention, and use a government granted monopoly (i.e. patent) to prevent anyone else from innovating further and making a better version. Maybe patents provide an incentive to be innovative, but they also create a barrier to innovating on top of technology that is protected by patents.