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Authored by: jjs on Tuesday, June 11 2013 @ 06:44 AM EDT |
Unfortunately, two quick arguments (among many) are not on
your side:
1. There are a number of very narrow patents in the USPTO -
so the idea that a narrow patent is worthless is wrong.
2. There are a number of broad patents that stopped
"Progress in the Useful Arts and Sciences" (the purpose of
US Copyright & Patent) - for example the Wright Brothers,
who so stopped US development of aircraft that we had to buy
them from the Europeans when we entered WWI, and that the
Government had to step in to enable progress again.
Remember, the purpose of Patents in the US is NOT to make
maximum money for a person/company. That is, at best a
means (the "limited monopoly" of the patent clause in the
Constitution). The purpose, as I stated above, is to
promote "Progress in the Useful Arts and Sciences." Narrow
patents actually help that - by giving people an incentive
to develop and patent a workaround to another patent.
Overly broad patents serve to shut off the debate &
development (see 2 above).
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(Note IANAL, I don't play one on TV, etc, consult a practicing attorney, etc,
etc)
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