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Industry-specific concerns like that could easily be addressed privately by trade associations that have incentive to prevent the sort of mutually assured destruction that you describe.



You mean by creating an agreement to not compete? That is illegal.

It effects all industries that have R&D, those are just good examples.


We're discussing overhauls to the legal system - the fact that it's illegal now doesn't enter into it.


I'll put it another way, it would be stupid to let entire industries write their own non-competition agreements. That is monopolist behavior. Unless the repeal of the Patent Act coincides with the repeal of the Sherman Act, it would be illegal still.




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