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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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1. Man, the patent agency sucks these days.

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2015, 10:58 AM

Mar 2015

It may, at one point in time have 'encouraged innovation', but now it's simply another tool used by giant corporations to stifle innovation, and by patent trolls to strangle it.

They need to drop the patent limits to be based on profit as well as time. So any new patent you get to keep for something like 20 years max or $5 million profits, whichever comes first.

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Sigh.... going to have to stop eating some pretty damn awesome chips [View all] WillParkinson Mar 2015 OP

Man, the patent agency sucks these days. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #1