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A government backed, time limited monolopy 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.. Modern patents are normally held by large organisations, such as [IBM] and [RedHat]. See also: * SoftwarePatent * IntellectualProperty * CopyRight ---- Part of CategoryLegalese
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