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So what happens when the US government funds the research, and a Chinese company just uses it and makes the money?
by mogrim 13y ago
So what happens when the US government funds the research, and a Chinese company just uses it and makes the money?
- wtracy 13y agoExactly what happens now: Nothing. US patents aren't enforceable in China to begin with.
- mogrim 13y agoThey become enforceable when the Chinese company exports them back to the US, though. I wonder if the US government could offer free licensing to all national companies, which would seem to be the best of both worlds?
- betterunix 13y agoWhat difference does that make? Everyone benefits from the results of research.
- mogrim 13y agoI tend to agree, but you could argue that as US taxpayers are paying for the research it would be stupid/unethical/incorrect not to maximise any potential profit from its results. (Note: I'm not a US citizen, I'm British. s/US/UK/ and the basic result is the same...)