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It's worth pointing out that this is why we have patents. Inventors disclose how their inventions work, in exchange for a legally enforced temporary monopoly.
by ggchappell 13y ago
It's worth pointing out that this is why we have patents. Inventors disclose how their inventions work, in exchange for a legally enforced temporary monopoly.
- femto 13y agoTry keeping a secret since the widespread adoption of the Internet. Paradoxically, we now have trade secrets laws to help inventors help keep inventions secret, so they can obtain a patent, so they can reveal how the inventions work.
- raverbashing 13y agoElon Musk seems to be successful at this at SpaceX There was a story mentioning this some time ago "We don't patent anything that's part of our secrets"
- femto 13y agoThat's exactly my point! Musk almost certainly wouldn't be able to keep employees or visitors from spilling his secrets, if it wasn't for the laws that are in place to protect trade secrets [1]. I'd contend that it only makes sense to argue for patents on an information dissemination basis in the absence of laws to protect trade secrets. [1] http://acuriousguy.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/protecting-space-technology-through.html http://acuriousguy.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/protecting-space-...