The world would be better with NO patents. Copyright is more than enough for software, medical research should be directly funded by the goverments (just like

The world would be better with NO patents. Copyright is more than enough for software, medical research should be directly funded by the goverments (just like weapons manufacturers or big public infrastructures), and the rest just on trade secrets. We are now in a interconnected world, rich with information. Independent reinvention is extremely easy. The risk of some genius taking his great, great, unique discovery to the grave because of the lack of patents is tiny compared with the economic, scientific and technological damage of this constant hemorrhage of time, money and energy that is the patent system. No more insurmountable entry barriers for entrepreneurs, no more monopolies, no more trolls, no more unnecessary roundabouts to avoid using obvious patents. The only one to lose would be the patent lawyers. Forget the romantic fairy tale of the poor lonely inventor robbed of his great idea by big business. Using patents in court is extremely expensive, he couldn't afford them anyway. Patents are guns for big guys. And no mention to the goodness of the free market. Patents are government-granted monopolies. You couldn't be furthest from a free, competitive model of an economy. Patents are not capitalism, they resemble more some feudal privilege taken from the middle ages.