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A government backed, time limited monopoly granted to inventors on their inventions. It was intended as an incentive to publish business secrets.
-The concept is nowadays of disputable worth, and has turned [patently absurd | http://klangraum
.dyndns
.org
/~ap
/readings
/patently_absurd
.html] in the US. The USPTO is obviously run by a bunch of plonkers.
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+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.
-Modern patents are normally held by large organisations, such as [IBM] and [
RedHat]
.
+Modern patents are normally held by large organisations, such as [IBM] and RedHat.
See also:
* SoftwarePatent
* IntellectualProperty
* CopyRight
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