> The point is that we should reconsider giving (temporary) monopolies to companies that are based public research.
Now we can disagree on term length, but, a temporary monopoly to a company is what a patent is defined as and lasts 20 years.
Now we can disagree on term length, but, a temporary monopoly to a company is what a patent is defined as and lasts 20 years.
My proposal is to have a company parallel develop processes so we can have competitor after expiry immediately. The competitor can't profit from it, but it can do work at 0 cost.