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Re:Germany will violate international agreements with Unitar... by ipnon on Thursday September 17, 2020 @11:37AM (#24505939)
Strong patent laws stop innovation at the research stage. Derivative works, such as turning research into a startup or a public company, becomes rent seeking.

Where in the world can you escape this rent seeking?

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Re:Germany will violate international agreements with Unitar... by adammunich on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:43PM (#24506845)
China
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Re:Germany will violate international agreements with Unitar... by ipnon on Thursday September 17, 2020 @01:10PM (#24507194)
China's stereotype is having no copyright enforcement, but this seems to be wrong.

>Plaintiffs won in 80.16% of all patent infringement cases included in the population. Such a win rate was higher than its counterparts in many major countries – Germany (approximately 66%) and the United States (approximately 60%), for example.

https://patentlyo.com/patent/2018/02/things-infringement-lit...

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Re:Germany will violate international agreements with Unitar... by malandrew on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:50PM (#24508483)
Are there statistics based on national origin of defendant and plaintiff?

I'm curious if 80.16% rate for all cases holds up when the defendant is a domestic company and the plaintiff is a foreign company and vice versa.

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Re:Germany will violate international agreements with Unitar... by ipnon on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:15PM (#24509429)
Read the reference and see that the win rate is higher for foreign plaintiffs than Chinese plaintiffs.
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Re:Germany will violate international agreements with Unitar... by pbhjpbhj on Thursday September 17, 2020 @02:22PM (#24508164)
There's a lot of innovation going on by patent filing companies, which shows your claim to be false.

Perhaps you intend to say it chills or hinders innovation - if so, do you have some statistical proof?

My personal opinion, unrelated to my employment.

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