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Re:What would happen if you could patent ideas? Would we se... by amichail on Thursday March 08, 2007 @08:46PM (#3039)
One could make the argument that more people would be willing to pursue more novel startups with the protection of an idea patent.
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Re:What would happen if you could patent ideas? Would we se... by gaz on Friday March 09, 2007 @01:00AM (#3076)
people will pursue novel start up ideas if they feel it would be profitable to do so. you get more innovation by having many companies competing on the same ideas and trying to outdo each other.
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