The VP8 wars heat up ... again

The VP8 wars heat up ... again

Obviously, none of the examples given demonstrate that IP law doesn't stimulate innovation. They're far too small a sample. Even if you looked at every computer-related patent, trademark, and copyright, it would still be too small a sample for that generalization.

To me, the logic behind the proposition that patent law sometimes stimulates innovation is so solid that it would take an enormous amount of empirical proof to make me doubt that it does.

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