11 Aug
2014
11 Aug
'14
1:36 a.m.
Tim Connors <tim.w.connors@gmail.com> writes:
Some people might want to respond to the one sided article here: https://theconversation.com/grants-arent-helping-australian-tech-but-patent-...
IMO Macaulay's observation on copyright applies equally to patents, viz. | Yet monopoly is an evil. For the sake of the good we must submit to | the evil; but the evil ought not to last a day longer than is | necessary for the purpose of securing the good. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Copyright_Law_(Macaulay) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Second_Speech_on_Copyright_Law Patents are limited monopolies granted in exchange for publication of what would otherwise remain trade secrets.