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The biggest problem I have with the U.S Patent system is cost. They should price the fee for issuing a patient on yearly income. This would level out the pl
by marincounty 13y ago
The biggest problem I have with the U.S Patent system
is cost. They should price the fee for issuing a patient
on yearly income. This would level out the playing field.
It just might prevent some entities trying to patient rounded edges? And it would allow the poor investor a
fighting chance of protecting their idea. The Internet
has changed Everything. Brilliant ideas will be lost because of lack of funds.
- dhoulb 13y agoNo, sorry, this is a terrible idea, Every broke idiot with a pen would write up every idea under the sun. Companies, with resources to actually bring those ideas to life, would have to pay way more to be able to do so, driving up the cost of innovation in markets. Also, presumably, a company would just pay a broke guy to submit the patent on their behalf, and pay them a small fee. Leading to a horrific industry of 'broke guy recruiters'. Lone inventors are actually the primary group harming innovation here, not large companies (contrary to what your politics and gut might wish for). They patent some broad thing they have no intention of making, and sell those 'inventions' on for a quick buck to holding companies who make their money from suing people. Patents need to not exist any more. For all the noise companies make about patents being important, if you took them away tomorrow, the world would be exactly the same. Nothing would change.