US Patent Regime Is Absurd 202
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Unknown Lamer
from the self-inflicted-wound dept.
from the self-inflicted-wound dept.
An anonymous reader writes in with an opinion piece in the Economist
about the the effects
of patent trolling on the US economy. The author argues that the
U.S. patent regime is causing the U.S. essentially to harm itself. Things
have gotten so bad that paying for
protection is par for the course.
They should call it the "Wright-Effect" (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:They should call it the "Wright-Effect" (Score:4, Interesting)
And no current airplanes are direct decedents of the Wright brother's planes. All current planes are derived from competing models that didn't violate the Wright brother's patents.