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So not a single even vaguely pro-patent position from anyone? The USPTO has processed 16,020,302 applications in its history. Obviously many of these are from
by nsxwolf 13y ago
So not a single even vaguely pro-patent position from anyone?
The USPTO has processed 16,020,302 applications in its history. Obviously many of these are from big business, but many are from individuals. Why haven't the individuals figured out by now that they are worthless? Why do they keep falling for it?
- jholman 13y agoSometimes a system is completely morally bankrupt, but still profitable for the players thereof. Many players will, in that circumstance, continue to play, even if everyone agrees that it would be better to have a different system. Few (or zero) people believe that patents are universally valueless to the patent-holder. What is widely believed, especially in the field of software, is that society would be better off without software patents. In particular, that "Progress in Science and the useful Arts", at minimum in the area of software, would proceed faster without patents. Whether or not it would be more just is less widely agreed upon. Of course, many stakeholders profit from the existing regime. Some of those say "patents are good", some say "patents are bad, but while they exist, will shall use them".
- Arelius 13y agoWell put.