fatslob-:O said:
It could but I only targeted patents ... They can increase competition and innovation but at the same time they can also decrease competition or innovation because monopolies are very hard to be superseded along with the fact that there are patent trolls to put companies into unnecessary lawsuits ... Smaller corporations have a much more difficult time competing with bigger corporations when patents are accounted for and their odds are furthered against them as their revenues keep declining without been able to do any sort of large short term innovations since they also have to deal with a smaller R&D budget ... The patent system has done more harm than good and businesses will have to innovate regardless because it will be market forces that will drive them to do that when running a business is a zero-sum game ... |
Yea, you say that, now. I'm sure you'd be singing a different tune if you or someone you knew came up with a great idea/invention, but the sec you tried to sell it you were ripped off by a big corporation. In your world, you would have no legal recourse, then they would be free to make millions/billions off the idea, while you died penniless. That's what happened in 100's/1000's of years ago. That's why we came up with patents. Yea, some abuse it, but it does more good than bad. So, there's no reason to throw the baby out with the bath water.
