We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised the rewards

Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by cafebeen on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @04:23PM (#9186903)

I don't see anything about an invention being "publicly available while funneling money to the patent holder". The "exclusive right" part means the invention is legally the property of the inventor. Others can improve on it, but there is no guarantee the public can use the actual invention until the patent expires.

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Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by saraid216 on Thursday March 12, 2015 @12:28PM (#9191826)

> until the patent expires.

It's almost like it's baked into the system.

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Re:We have socialised the risk of innovation but privatised ... by cafebeen on Friday March 13, 2015 @01:32AM (#9195790)

Yep, not publicly available for 20 years

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