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| Authored by: Tufty on Tuesday, May 29 2012 @ 04:42 PM EDT |
As the idea of the patent is to benefit and protect the inventor only the
inventor should be allowed the ownership of the patent. If the inventor sold a
patent then it was sold on again that re-sale would not benefit the inventor and
so falls foul of the purpose of a patent. The inventor could achieve the same
effect of selling by licensing so there is no need for a sale. Further, the
license to use would allow the other party to utilise the invention but not
troll, any claim would be down to the inventor. The problem of the inventor not
being financially able to defend his claim should be dealt with separately such
as through a patent court. Allowing patents to be sold to parties with enough
finance to troll is something that needs to be stamped out.
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- Perhaps.... - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 29 2012 @ 06:45 PM EDT
- Perhaps.... - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 29 2012 @ 07:11 PM EDT
- Perhaps.... - Authored by: Tufty on Tuesday, May 29 2012 @ 11:13 PM EDT
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, May 29 2012 @ 07:00 PM EDT |
A "right" is not property.
Its that sort of thinking that created this whole mess.
Patents and copyrights convey rights to a creator/inventor, specifically to give
them time to market. This was designed to prevent an upstart with better funding
from beating them to the punch.
If the inventor/creator is unable or unwilling to exercise that right, then the
opportunity should be left available to someone else to try. The original
inventor can still sell his "property"; i.e. whatever notes, parts
processes etc he has done along the way, those certainly may have value to
someone. What he should not be allowed to sell is the patent or copyright.
That should be up to the next person to attempt said invention to acquire their
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