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Patents should die
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| Patent Weakness #1: The patent office is filled with lawyers not
| scientists/engineers.
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| The patent office has, for the past decade or so, been giving out patents for
| genes and software like Amazon’s One Click.
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| Pharma companies didn’t invent DNA or genes. They simply discovered the gene
| for a disease and thereby a possible path to cure. Why should anyone have to
| pay royalties for studying said gene or discovering a cure independent of the
| pharma that identified the gene.
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| In my opinion Amazon’s One Click patent was the epitomy of the stupidity of
| the patent office. The patent clerks kept arguing for prior artwork
| deomonstrating that someone else had already developed a One Click feature.
| This is ludicrous. The point of software is automate mundane tasks with a
| minimal amount of information and work by the user. So what does One Click
| do fundamentally different than any other button on any other piece of
| software?
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http://blogs.controltheorypro.com/2008/08/patents-should-die/
Why Treating Patents As Property Is A Bad Idea
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| We've pointed out in the past why it doesn't make much sense to
| treat "intellectual property" as "regular property," since it ignores some
| very important differences between the two. James Bessen and Michael Meurer,
| who wrote the recent book Patent Failure have always taken a slightly
| different approach.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20080803/1921371875.shtml
Recent:
Intellectual Property Regime Stifles Science and Innovation, Nobel Laureates
Say
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| Patent monopolies are believed to drive innovation but they actually impede
| the pace of science and innovation, Stiglitz said. The current “patent
| thicket,” in which anyone who writes a successful software programme is sued
| for alleged patent infringement, highlights the current IP system’s failure
| to encourage innovation, he said.
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| Another problem is that the social returns from innovation do not accord with
| the private returns associated with the patent system, Stiglitz said. The
| marginal benefit from innovation is that an idea may become available sooner
| than it might have. But the person who secures the patent on it wins a
| long-term monopoly, creating a gap between private and social returns.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1129
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