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That's true. However, if the little inventor doesn't file the patent, they either 1) sell the product anyway or 2) don't sell the product. If #1, they have pri
by nathan_long 14y ago
That's true. However, if the little inventor doesn't file the patent, they either 1) sell the product anyway or 2) don't sell the product.
If #1, they have prior art to keep a big company from patenting it, and the two compete in the market.
If #2, I'd argue they don't deserve the patent; it doesn't benefit the public to grant them that monopoly unless the public gets a product out of it. Let the big company patent and sell it.
Right?
- banachtarski 14y agoIn the case of #1, how does the inventor keep selling once corporation X successfully files? For #2, the inventor may have patented in the hopes of licensing the idea to a corporation with more manufacturing muscle.