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-A government backed monolopy granted to inventors to exploit an invention
. Supposedly short-lived in nature the idea
was that patents would encourage inovation
.
+A government backed, time limited
monolopy granted to inventors on their inventions
. It
was intended as an incentive to publish business secrets
.
Modern patents are normally held by large organisations, such as [IBM] and [RedHat].
-See: IntellectualProperty,
SoftwarePatent, CopyRight
-
-''I'm not a lawyer and wiki content does not constitute legal advice'' -- StuartYeates
+See also
:
+*
SoftwarePatent
+* IntellectualProperty
+* CopyRight
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