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5 AristotlePagaltzis 1 A government backed, time limited monopoly granted to inventors on their inventions. It was intended as an incentive to publish business secrets.
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3 The concept is nowadays of disputable worth, and has turned [patently absurd | http://www.forbes.com/asap/2002/0624/044.html] in the US. The USPTO is obviously run by a bunch of plonkers.
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5 Modern patents are normally held by large organisations, such as [IBM] and RedHat.
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5 AristotlePagaltzis 7 See also:
8 * SoftwarePatent
9 * IntellectualProperty
10 * CopyRight
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