As an artist, this is exactly the point that I make when I argue with people who say patents should be abolished.
Without any kind of protection, anyone who has a greater means of production/marketing than you will always steal your ideas and profit more from them than you can.
Obviously we need to fix the process so that as few bad patents are awarded as possible. Someone's just got to figure out how!
Without any kind of protection, anyone who has a greater means of production/marketing than you will always steal your ideas and profit more from them than you can.
Obviously we need to fix the process so that as few bad patents are awarded as possible. Someone's just got to figure out how!