I tend to think society would be much better off if patents were simply abolished. Thoughts?
I tend to think society would be much better off if patents were simply abolished. Thoughts?
There are good and bad ideas around that. Once most manufacturing started to be shipped to countries like China that ignore patent laws, it became kind of silly to actually have them. I would support abolishing patents if we didn't have a technology industry that is more powerful than the government that is supposed to regulate it. Patents are absurdly abused, but there are still cases where they are necessary to protect from the oligarchy
There are good and bad ideas around that. Once most manufacturing started to be shipped to countries like China that ignore patent laws, it became kind of silly to actually have them. I would support abolishing patents if we didn't have a technology industry that is more powerful than the government that is supposed to regulate it. Patents are absurdly abused, but there are still cases where they are necessary to protect from the oligarchy
The line between the government and the oligarchs is pretty blurry: I'm not sure if distinct names are warranted.
How do patents protect against oligarchy?
The line between the government and the oligarchs is pretty blurry: I'm not sure if distinct names are warranted.
How do patents protect against oligarchy?
No that would actually be harmful. FAANG companies can still pump out tens of thousands of patents each year without noticing while the little innovators would be harmed.
This is a serious problem that should have been focused on more. I actually have been granted multiple patents for technology that was never implemented. Over 70% of my filed patents were accepted, not a single one made it past whiteboarding with someone. No joke, I received 2 patents because of a 30 minute phone call with the patent lawyers for tech I literally made up on the spot. My co-worker scheduled a call and asked if I'd sit in on it. He explained his idea to me 5 minutes before the call...it was bad...so I came up with something off the top of my head, described it to him and we just spitballed it with the lawyers and yes, received 2 patents from that short call.
Our department had patent quotas when I worked for a big tech firm. Patents meant value to the executives, so we literally had to go pencils down on work and spend a week coming up with patentable ideas once per year.
Edit: Also I was one of the few idiots who worked there long enough for the patent to actually be processed and accepted by the US PTO. It took almost 5 years for some of them.