Patent Law Reform
I thought at one time you had to have a model of a device to get a patent. Maybe I was wrong.
However, I don't have a problem with patent lawsuits -- if the company suing is actually using the patent to make a product. If they just file patents and hope somebody will try to invent something similar or (almost worse) buy up patents to use as hammers, I think that's wrong and should be prohibited.
I'm generally pro-capitalism, and understand that companies want to get a return on their investment, but buying a patent to make a device is one thing; buying it to prevent others from making one (at least without paying for the privilege) is another. If you buy a gun from me to hunt for food, that's great; if you buy a gun from me to threaten other people, that's wrong.
Steve
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