Comments on: The costs of intellectual property and patents http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-costs-of-intellectual-property-and-patents/ none the wiser Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:05:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-costs-of-intellectual-property-and-patents/#comment-9239 mandarine Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:49:23 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-costs-of-intellectual-property-and-patents/#comment-9239 "Reading all that legalese is worse than eating sand for breakfast". Indeed. And I can testify that writing aforementioned legalese to "generalize the heck of an invention" is no pleasure cruise either. “Reading all that legalese is worse than eating sand for breakfast”. Indeed. And I can testify that writing aforementioned legalese to “generalize the heck of an invention” is no pleasure cruise either.

]]> By: polaris http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-costs-of-intellectual-property-and-patents/#comment-9238 polaris Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:03:08 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-costs-of-intellectual-property-and-patents/#comment-9238 Agree with your points completely. There are two additional things that I hate about patents. The first thing I hate most about patents is that, unlike research papers, they are notoriously difficult to read. This is partly because people try to generalize the heck of their invention so that they have the opportunity to prevent anybody from patenting a related idea, or so that they have the opportunity to sue the largest number of people. Reading all that legalese is worse than eating sand for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The second thing I dislike is that, unlike a well-written paper, patents require only a description of the invention but no experimental results. Therefore, if I think of an idea in my head, I can write up a patent without so much as a proof-of-concept result. Later, if someone thinks of that same idea, expends effort to back it up with detailed experimental results, and builds a product out of it, I can go and sue him. Where is the justice in that? Agree with your points completely. There are two additional things that I hate about patents.

The first thing I hate most about patents is that, unlike research papers, they are notoriously difficult to read. This is partly because people try to generalize the heck of their invention so that they have the opportunity to prevent anybody from patenting a related idea, or so that they have the opportunity to sue the largest number of people. Reading all that legalese is worse than eating sand for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The second thing I dislike is that, unlike a well-written paper, patents require only a description of the invention but no experimental results. Therefore, if I think of an idea in my head, I can write up a patent without so much as a proof-of-concept result. Later, if someone thinks of that same idea, expends effort to back it up with detailed experimental results, and builds a product out of it, I can go and sue him. Where is the justice in that?

]]> By: mandarine http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-costs-of-intellectual-property-and-patents/#comment-9229 mandarine Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:22:22 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-costs-of-intellectual-property-and-patents/#comment-9229 I believe that when the food situation becomes critical (it already is), governments will find a way to workaround agribusiness' IPR fortress. After all, it has already been done with HIV-AIDS treatments. I believe that when the food situation becomes critical (it already is), governments will find a way to workaround agribusiness’ IPR fortress. After all, it has already been done with HIV-AIDS treatments.

]]> By: Emily Barton http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-costs-of-intellectual-property-and-patents/#comment-9226 Emily Barton Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:31:51 +0000 http://www.wisemandarine.com/the-costs-of-intellectual-property-and-patents/#comment-9226 You sound like me when I get on a kick about publishing and why copyright laws ought to become obsolete (they're pretty arbitrary anyway). I'm fascinated by your arguments. It would certainly cause huge changes, and I'd most love to see those changes reflected in the food industry (it's a bit absurd that people can get patents for living things, isn't it?). You sound like me when I get on a kick about publishing and why copyright laws ought to become obsolete (they’re pretty arbitrary anyway). I’m fascinated by your arguments. It would certainly cause huge changes, and I’d most love to see those changes reflected in the food industry (it’s a bit absurd that people can get patents for living things, isn’t it?).

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