tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039434.post3098138572460104711..comments2024-02-26T06:46:53.171-05:00Comments on Rajiv Sethi: On Intellectual Property and Guard LaborRajivhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13667685126282705505noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039434.post-70349770419852346742010-03-16T10:01:20.413-04:002010-03-16T10:01:20.413-04:00Of course a patent does not confer a monopoly. It...Of course a patent does not confer a monopoly. It merely confers the power to prevent someone else from making, using, or selling your invention. Just because you have a patent does not mean you can practice the invention. Your invention may be an improvement on another patented invention. In this case some sort of cross-licensing agreement is signed and the parties can go on their merry way to make moneyTPGNHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09989589658755283925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039434.post-82348273801528937172010-03-03T00:09:45.073-05:002010-03-03T00:09:45.073-05:00Excellent piece! Your in my RSS reader.
Last wee...Excellent piece! Your in my RSS reader. <br /><br />Last week, I began pondering alternative incentives other than industry crippling monopolies. I initially thought that if the "rights" were managed by a neutral entity, other than the holder, yes... I'm talking about the new USPTO in some Utopian reality, where society's access to free markets is placed above private interests. That incentive could be provided based on a flat tax, that shall never exceed n% of revenue derived specifically from use of these inventions. That sounds like more interference at the outset, but if we must have these ridiculous monopolies, lets at least give the people a say in their enforcement. It effects them so much more than they realize.devshedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14192534284955133424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039434.post-9129113134444466652010-02-25T12:10:33.208-05:002010-02-25T12:10:33.208-05:00Excellent, I think you'll enjoy it.Excellent, I think you'll enjoy it.Rajivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667685126282705505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039434.post-21490533947306832252010-02-25T11:29:13.293-05:002010-02-25T11:29:13.293-05:00Just to provide an anecdote. I just ordered the b...Just to provide an anecdote. I just ordered the book. While having it in machine-readable form is usefu, I find I still prefer the convenience of a printed-and-bound version...so...I bought it.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039434.post-42412808535958134222010-02-25T11:01:31.172-05:002010-02-25T11:01:31.172-05:00Hopefully, you'll buy a copy too, if you like ...Hopefully, you'll buy a copy too, if you like it... the published version is a bit different.Rajivhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667685126282705505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4039434.post-9988395032643735392010-02-25T10:46:57.367-05:002010-02-25T10:46:57.367-05:00Interesting. I appreciate the approach using incen...Interesting. I appreciate the approach using incentives to analyze this issue. So often lines are drawn in absolutes, but I think it largely comes down to incentives to innovate. Copyright provides some incentives, certainly, but it seems rife with disincentives as well.<br /><br />I'll point that I downloaded the pdf for their book, and plan on giving it a look--something that I would not have done were it not so available. There's something to be said for immediacy and ease of use.G Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444929721629474872noreply@blogger.com