Comment Re:Why not shorten ALL patents? (Score 0) 183
I'd say companies need to pay a yearly patent fee - only it multiplies by itself. Start it off at about $ 5.
Year 2 = $ 25,
Year 3 = $ 625
Year 4 = $ 390,625
Year 5 = $ 152,587,890,625
Year 6 = $ unafordable to anyone and not worth the price in any case.
This would put you and me at an equal footing with large corps: We can afford patents for at least 3 years. And it prevents ANYBODY hogging an idea more than 5 years.
In principal, they can go on for ever and ever though ;-)
Hennie
Year 2 = $ 25,
Year 3 = $ 625
Year 4 = $ 390,625
Year 5 = $ 152,587,890,625
Year 6 = $ unafordable to anyone and not worth the price in any case.
This would put you and me at an equal footing with large corps: We can afford patents for at least 3 years. And it prevents ANYBODY hogging an idea more than 5 years.
In principal, they can go on for ever and ever though
Hennie
