Re:Universities have turned over hundreds of patents to pate...
by rpenm on Friday October 14, 2016 @07:33PM
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>The fact that you can just sell patents always seemed a little bit off to me.
It is a long way from a patentable idea to a marketable product. So what happens when the patent originator lacks the competencies or capital to produce at scale? If selling a patent was banned, both the innovator and society would be denied any benefit from the innovation.
It is a long way from a patentable idea to a marketable product. So what happens when the patent originator lacks the competencies or capital to produce at scale? If selling a patent was banned, both the innovator and society would be denied any benefit from the innovation.