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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, June 17 2013 @ 11:49 AM EDT |
You state:
However, patentablility ALLOWED the
development.
That suggests:
Without patentability, no
development of new battery technology would have been allowed
While I agree
that, as applied to some people - they would have not allowed new battery
technology in their labs - for others that's a false statement.
There are
those who would find a way to develop that new technology on their own even
though every business mind said "no, you can't do that in my lab on my
dollar".
As a result, my opinion is: If patents did not exist - then the
desire to produce a viable new product alone would have been sufficient to drive
development of the new battery technology. In my case - simply a desire to
explore new technologies is enough to drive R&D. Granted: it's on my own
dime. But a potential patent on what I'm doing plays no role.
You seem
to misunderstand part of the audience you're directing your arguments
at:
People like me, who do R&D out of pure enjoyment - for whom patents
are problematic because they are used to entrap our own ideas - do
exist!
I have no trouble grasping your perspective as applied to business
minds who expect a ROI before signing off on any money. I can grasp that just
fine.
Why can't you grasp there are those like myself who do not operate
on even the mearest thought of a financial ROI?
In case you doubt the
level to which some of us would continue, I point you to review the biography
and history of Nikola Tesla. He did R&D on his own dime. That includes
development into the prototypes of his technology. It was when he approached
the investment people that he was shut down in some of his endeavours. One of
those reasons to shutting him down was:
His idea threatened to upset the
industry as it currently existed - an industry where those same investment
people were already reaping their ROI and they didn't want that to
stop.
That raises an interesting question:
Given the entrenchment of
battery tech at the time - what did Lithium Ion tech have to fight through just
to get to market?
Another interesting question:
Are back-office
agreements the cause why the standard battery sizes (AAA, AA, A, B, C, D) are
not being produced with Lithium Ion tech?
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