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I don't see a moral objection to building your own versions of patented products for your own use, either, though. Putting aside stuff that shouldn't be patent
by larrik 13y ago
I don't see a moral objection to building your own versions of patented products for your own use, either, though.
Putting aside stuff that shouldn't be patented:
1) Selling a product with someone else's patent seems like something that should be discouraged. Giving it away counts here, as do other distribution methods.
2) Making your own product, for your own use, that someone else has a patent on seems perfectly reasonable and should be legal, in my opinion as a layman.
- andrewfong 13y agoI'd add in "for your own non-commerical use". If you're in a market where there are only a handful of customers (e.g. the U.S. mobile market) but your invention generates an incredible amount of value for each customer, if those customers make the patented invention for their own use, that could deprive the patent holder out of a significant amount of income.