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The Trouble With Patents
This is a very old article, but because of it, I opened my understanding with the flaws of the world of patents--it's just ridiculous!
I thought it'd be interesting to share:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/featur...th_patents.php
“The patent system added the fuel of interest to the fire of genius.”And then something happened. [...] It took 46 years to reach the 10,000th American patent, but today, there are more than 10,000 patents granted every three weeks.
—Abraham Lincoln
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Meanwhile, IBM was awarded 2,941 patents in 2005, marking its 13th straight year as the #1 company in volume of patents (it had a much better year in 2004 with 3,248 patents).
Last edited by arkhi; 22 Aug 2011 at 00:18. Reason: linkz