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Re:Washington state shuts down Amazon price-fixing program n... by ggff67 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @09:13PM (#30095285)
The funny thing is IP laws are by definition monopolies protected by government. Every one of the big tech "quasi-monopolies" are sitting on a mountain of it.
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Re:Washington state shuts down Amazon price-fixing program n... by eru on Thursday January 27, 2022 @04:13AM (#30098105)
Be careful, IP is a hodgepodge of things, like copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets.

To pick one: trade secrets are not a monopoly. If you figure out the secret ingredient in Coca Cola (by legal means), you are free to use that knowledge and even publish it.

Similarly, I have my reservations about whether patents are a good idea; but I don't mind trademarks nearly as much.

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