> 7. End Automatic publication of patent applications.
This seems very problematic. Publication of pending patents gives others the opportunity to demonstrate prior work before the patent is granted.
This seems very problematic. Publication of pending patents gives others the opportunity to demonstrate prior work before the patent is granted.
If we ever do create an artificial entity that rises to the level of true personhood, we'll have to reconsider a whole bunch of laws anyway, but this seems like a decent temporary fix until then.