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What is there to question? Either their motive is to make money, or it is to do as much research as possible. But it takes money to do research. One way to get
by chrismcb 13y ago
What is there to question? Either their motive is to make money, or it is to do as much research as possible. But it takes money to do research. One way to get money is to patent and license what you have so you can continue to innovate (which is the main reason why we have patents in the first place)
- georgemcbay 13y agoActually the real "main reason" we have patents (in the US) is to avoid people not sharing trade secrets, which was a real problem with industry in the 1700s but is not one now. The justification for them being a way to ensure the "inventor" is compensated came much later and Thomas Jefferson would likely be spinning in his grave if he knew how they were used now.