Launch HN: Buoyant (YC S21) – Blimp drones for air freight

Re:Launch HN: Buoyant (YC S21) – Blimp drones for air freight by hellbannedguy on Monday August 23, 2021 @06:07PM (#28282589)

Everytime I hear about companies patenting everything, it really bothers me.

I wish we would tie patent fees to the assets of a company, or person. Basically the wealthy boys would pay much more for a patent, and low income individuals woukd pay less, or nothing.

So a big company might think twice about an exponential government fee when they are on their 100 patent.

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Re:Launch HN: Buoyant (YC S21) – Blimp drones for air freight by lachstar-x on Monday August 23, 2021 @09:36PM (#28284200)

Wouldn't they just get a homeless guy to register it, and then transfer it over to them? I'm all for the intent behind your system but execution has gotta be airtight

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Re:Launch HN: Buoyant (YC S21) – Blimp drones for air freight by sharemywin on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @12:05AM (#28284980)

Then charge a transfer fee based on company size. Which they do currently have different fees based on size of company but I'm pretty sure it's negligible. The other problem is patent trolls. So, you might want to tie fees every year to lack of sales. That would also force companies to let the patents go faster.

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