There was a point in time not too long ago when Patents lasted 10 years and Copyrights lasted 15 years. This was more than enough time to do something useful with a working patent, and there seemed to be great progress at this time too.
Now we seem to be in a time when patents are issued for things that may not even exist and/or held by users who have little to no intent in implementing them, or even in some cases, patenting something with evidence of prior existence.
I know this more or less says what the article indicates, but I've been seeing this trend in the last decade, and I'm sure I'm not alone on this thought.
Good article.
Now we appear to be in a time where the end consumer is the loser, progress appears to have faltered and litigation seems to be the winner.
Patents and Copyright were something that was supposed to be useful when they were created, but the mess we have now shows otherwise. One solution to this is to make patents and copyrights shorter, as they used to be back in the past when they were first created.
While the rest of us pay taxes and follow the spirit of the law, you have these big corporations wrapping themselves in the flag, calling themselves patriotic, and following the letter of the law with loopholes.
May we hopefully see more of these letter of the law loopholes plugged and penalized.
Good Story.
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Patents and Copyrights lasting too long
There was a point in time not too long ago when Patents lasted 10 years and Copyrights lasted 15 years. This was more than enough time to do something useful with a working patent, and there seemed to be great progress at this time too.
Now we seem to be in a time when patents are issued for things that may not even exist and/or held by users who have little to no intent in implementing them, or even in some cases, patenting something with evidence of prior existence.
I know this more or less says what the article indicates, but I've been seeing this trend in the last decade, and I'm sure I'm not alone on this thought.
Good article.
Now we appear to be in a time where the end consumer is the loser, progress appears to have faltered and litigation seems to be the winner.
Patents and Copyright were something that was supposed to be useful when they were created, but the mess we have now shows otherwise. One solution to this is to make patents and copyrights shorter, as they used to be back in the past when they were first created.
spirit versus letter
While the rest of us pay taxes and follow the spirit of the law, you have these big corporations wrapping themselves in the flag, calling themselves patriotic, and following the letter of the law with loopholes.
May we hopefully see more of these letter of the law loopholes plugged and penalized.
Good Story.