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Does no one see the implications for patents?Does no one see the implications for patents?Posted May 9, 2012 20:36 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252)In reply to: Does no one see the implications for patents? by dgm Parent article: SAS v. WPL decision addresses boundaries of copyrights on software (opensource.com)
It's my belief that they were invented to discourage secret recipes that would die with their inventor. You need a history refresher course, then. They were invented for one goal and one goal only: enrichment of patent holders. Nothing more, nothing less. Later most patents were abolished. Repeat after me (three times): the abolishment of most patents is "one of the landmarks in the transition of [England's] economy from the feudal to the capitalist". Most patents were abolished but some were kept "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". But of course as time goes on patents are used more and more for their original purpose. It's time to repeat the procedure and cut the reach of patents again.
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Does no one see the implications for patents? Posted May 9, 2012 23:25 UTC (Wed) by jjs (guest, #10315) [Link]
Reading the articles you posted doesn't give me the same readings. Letters patent (the 1st one), which still exist, are not the same as patents (although the latter evolved from the former). And your second link says
'The statute repealed all past and future patents and monopolies, except those created in the future over completely novel inventions. Seen as a key moment in the evolution of patent law, the statute has also been described as "one of the landmarks in the transition of [England's] economy from the feudal to the capitalist"'
In other words, it created the modern patent system. For the US, the governing law, is Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 - and it's clear that the patents are a limited monopoly in exchange for publication of information:
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
Does no one see the implications for patents? Posted May 10, 2012 13:37 UTC (Thu) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]
> You need a history refresher course, then.
They don't teach you history of England in my country.
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