On Saturday 26 June 2010 09:06:31 steve wrote: > Patents inherently are not *bad*. In fact, they are required in mechanical > related industries to protect and nurture innovation. >
there is no proof for this statement - it is just a misapprehension - patents are bad because they hinder development, and this is true in all fields of endeavour. In the old old days, one had to employ a lawyer because only lawyers were allowed to know the law. Nowadays knowledge of law is open - but strangely enough people still employ lawyers - and there is constant innovation among lawyers. Imagine a lawyer who finds a loophole in the law, patenting the use of the loophole and preventing others from using them without a fee. -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
