Re:Require exponential maintenance fees instead! (Score 1)

I understand and agree with your desire to have more public as opposed to private benefit from IP, but don't forget that inventions do not come about just because of a public education system. By which I mean to say that inventors contribute something that is truly theirs and was not there already somehow in the public domain. True inventions and innovation require a serious effort for which the inventor wants to be rewarded (why put in the effort otherwise ?).

In your system it doesn't matter if you're putting in tons of work to create your inventions or whether you're near to copying someone else's work. Hence, in your system great inventions that require a lot of sweat will occur less.

In addition, some inventions require a longer time before becoming profitable. In your system, if your invention doesn't pay off within the timeschedule set by the increasing fees structure, you might as well forget about it. This is totally unattractive for any entrepreneur.

Last but not least you shouldn't forget that where you want to go with your proposal is so radically different from where we are now (ie. too much private benefit from a publicly granted privilege), that it would never pass any legislative council that is lobbied by private interests (especially in the US).