Patents That Kill 240
wabrandsma (2551008) writes From The Economist: "The patent system, which was developed independently in 15th century Venice and then in 17th century England, gave entrepreneurs a monopoly to sell their inventions for a number of years. Yet by the 1860s the patent system came under attack, including from The Economist. Patents, critics argued, stifled future creativity by allowing inventors to rest on their laurels. Recent economic research backs this up."
Re:First (Score:4, Funny)
Post!
Why was this modded down? This is probably his single accomplishment in life. Let the man have this one thing!
the patent on killing (Score:3, Funny)
The patent on killing should have expired ages ago. That undead bastard Caine has been resting on his laurels ever since.
Prior art (Score:5, Funny)
It's a word-for-word copy of an entire post made by someone else. The copyright for it will expire in 2150, give or take, unless more copyright extensions are added before then. Until then said post is infringing on copyright and must be taken down.
Re:Prior art (Score:2, Funny)
I'm pretty sure that I AM am the original author!