Posted by: llanitedave
on September 10, 2004 02:28 AM
In theory, if you patent every possible idea at once, it's a one-time deal. It can never be re-patented, right? So, when all the patents expire, they expire forever.
Obviously, that won't happen in reality. And new ideas keep coming. Our best bet, I think, is the prior art repository -- publish every trivial technical idea possible, even if it can't be implemented yet.
Unless and until patent law changes, that's the only way I can see to prevent abuse.
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Posted by: llanitedave on September 10, 2004 02:28 AMObviously, that won't happen in reality. And new ideas keep coming. Our best bet, I think, is the prior art repository -- publish every trivial technical idea possible, even if it can't be implemented yet.
Unless and until patent law changes, that's the only way I can see to prevent abuse.
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