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Repeating the bit about spending "EUR 40 billion in R&D during the last two decades" adds more weight to it?
by rimantas 17y ago
Repeating the bit about spending "EUR 40 billion in R&D during the last two decades" adds more weight to it?
- andreyf 17y agoYes, the idea is, they spent 40 billion creating IP, now they get the government to enforce a monopoly on that IP for them. That's the point of patents.
- tumult 17y agoIf I flush 50 million dollars down a toilet, can I too have the government enforce broad patents on software practices that are obvious and have existed for years?
- chaosprophet 17y agoI believe the patents Nokia speaks of were neither obvious, nor existed for years when Nokia originally patented them. Nokia's IP is present in every GSM phone.
- tspiteri 17y agoAre you comparing spending money in R&D to flushing money down a toilet? Not letting R&D money be flushed money would be a good reason to support patents.