Comment Re:Open Letter to all patent lawyers including IBM (Score 1) 292
I would agree that the patent system may well need reform but surely you'd have to agree that all the most techonologically advanced countries have a patent system of some sort. Either having a patent system boosts your rate of progress or it's a side effect of having a high rate of progress.
It just seems common sense that if a society rewards people for producing good ideas then it will get a boost from people who have to work for a living having idea hamster as a career option.
It just seems common sense that if a society rewards people for producing good ideas then it will get a boost from people who have to work for a living having idea hamster as a career option.