The more I read about patents, the more I think we should have "I thought of that first" rights, whereby people who thought about patenting something before the person who patented it could get their fair share of any licensing revenue derived from the patent. This would protect the small inventors from the big lawyers who dominate the patent scene
I know some might deride that idea as rewarding people who contributed very little, but let's not forget: thinking it up is the hard part. After all someone who doesn't know as much about gaming theory as this guy wouldn't know what to do with a pseudo-random if they had one. And actually making things is mere grunt work, hardly befitting someone as important as an inventor. ~
I know some might deride that idea as rewarding people who contributed very little, but let's not forget: thinking it up is the hard part. After all someone who doesn't know as much about gaming theory as this guy wouldn't know what to do with a pseudo-random if they had one. And actually making things is mere grunt work, hardly befitting someone as important as an inventor. ~