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marika wrote:
However, there is in practice a useful compromise. Observe that information >>is not always easily shared. All steel is made by someone who worked under >>someone who...worked under someone who worked under Bessemer, and all >>transistors are made by someone who worked under someone who...worked under >>someone who worked under Shockley.
Which gave room enough for Shockley and Bessemer to make some money.
Which is how patents are expected to work. It is hard to produce and
sell goods secretly. For a short time you are banned and violations
should be visible. Then the ban expires and everyone can manufacture.
The Constitution explains this as it gives Congress power of patent law.
It subsidises innovation that benefits everyone longterm.
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