The patent system no longer rewards innovation. At best, it's a non-participant and at worst it quashes innovation.
I'm not trying to agree or disagree with anything else you wrote, just clarifying what I think is a point you left ambiguous.
I'm not trying to agree or disagree with anything else you wrote, just clarifying what I think is a point you left ambiguous.
I rather disagree that patents don't reward innovation; that is exactly what they do. As Lincoln said, The patent system added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius. Lincoln was among many many things, a patent attorney.
for I knew that a country without a patent office
and good patent laws was just a crab,
and couldn't travel any way but sideways or backwaysWhat you're doing is called Chronological Snobbery, acting as if an idea or concept has no value simply because of age.
> I'm not trying to agree or disagree with anything else you wrote, just clarifying what I think is a point you left ambiguous.
That's a ridiculous oversimplification.