[Ldsoss] Dare I say it ... patents ...

[Thomas Haws]

1
> Statistically,
>  if you get a ping of inspiration, it has been shown to occur to
> approximately 4000+ other people.
2
>  ...A patent only gives ... the opportunity for a limited financial
> monopoly ... before you have competition.
3
> Entire
> industries can rise and
>  fall within the lifetime of the patent, bringing a choke hold to
> innovation.

Therefore
>  IMO, the patent system has been broken for a long time.

These principles should be shouted from the rooftops.  Well stated, Paul.
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