Re:Do patents kill innovation? The US patent office is asking
by aeturnum on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:46PM
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It seems like a slightly weaker patent system where the holder only retains the right to share in the profits on a piece of technology would solve most of the problems.
Like, once you publish a patent, anyone who uses it needs to pay you a meaningful portion of profit they derive from using it. The patent holder still has most of the incentive to use it, but R&D on the patent would be fully open and incur no fee. Third parties could sell improvements back to the patent holder or file their own patents on the improvements.
Like, once you publish a patent, anyone who uses it needs to pay you a meaningful portion of profit they derive from using it. The patent holder still has most of the incentive to use it, but R&D on the patent would be fully open and incur no fee. Third parties could sell improvements back to the patent holder or file their own patents on the improvements.