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That's assuming the article is right, but a look around the world shows the opposite - generally speaking the stronger the patent rights, the stronger the innov
by M8R-fhlcjm 14y ago
That's assuming the article is right, but a look around the world shows the opposite - generally speaking the stronger the patent rights, the stronger the innovation. Weak IP African countries vs strong IP in American, European, Japan, Korea.
- e40 14y agoWhat came first, though, strong IP or innovation? I could see strong IP laws growing out of existing innovation.
- glesica 14y agoOh come on, you can't seriously be using Africa as an example here. Most African countries lack basic infrastructure and many haven't had a peaceful decade in the last 50 years. IP is a type of law, so countries with weak rule of law probably have weak IP. But I think there is a solid case to be made that the other rule of law issues swamp IP in terms of suppressing innovation.
- M8R-fhlcjm 14y agonot so long ago (few hundred years) the new world (America) was behind African infrastructure and yet pulled itself up.
- mullingitover 14y agoOne common sense argument is that as industry developed and competition increased, the dominant players were able to perform regulatory capture to ensure that they could rule the market through easily-gamed IP laws.
- M8R-fhlcjm 14y agoExcept advancement of western civilization was much more due to technological innovations than 'gaming IP laws'.
- rednukleus 14y agoCall me crazy, but I don't think a lack of strict patent law is the only thing holding African countries back.
- M8R-fhlcjm 14y agoIP laws not only thing holding them back. But it ain't helping either. No incentive to spend resources (be they $money, or time inventing).
- mullingitover 14y agoExactly, this correlation definitely proves that strong IP rights are the reason for the innovation. It's rock solid, just like this chart[1] that reveals the true cause of global warming. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PiratesVsTemp(en).svg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PiratesVsTemp(en).svg
- M8R-fhlcjm 14y agoAbout as hard to prove direct correlation as for you to prove the opposite. However, use common sense. The data is overwhelmingly in my favor.