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Point taken, but won’t that mean that if someone figures out how to make a time machine, they will simply not apply for a patent and try to keep the design to t
by Samuel_Michon 13y ago
Point taken, but won’t that mean that if someone figures out how to make a time machine, they will simply not apply for a patent and try to keep the design to themselves? (They could for instance sell time travel as a service, but not sell the machines or license the tech to other companies)
In theory, patents grant the inventor exclusivity for a limited time so that they can recoup their investment, in exchange for sharing the secret with the world.
- baddox 13y agoI have no problem with a time machine inventor choosing to keep the design to themselves. I also have no problem with him/her releasing the design for free, or even licensing the technology contractually. I have a problem with the government, funded partially by money I earned but have no control over, protecting any sort of intellectual property.