Comments on: On Innovation: An Argument Against Patents http://futureprogress.net/-/2007/11/17/on-innovation-an-argument-against-patents/ ...at least two good ideas before breakfast. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:17:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Gabriel Kent http://futureprogress.net/-/2007/11/17/on-innovation-an-argument-against-patents/#comment-2862 Gabriel Kent Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:21:00 +0000 http://futureprogress.net/-/2007/11/17/on-invention-an-argument-against-patents/#comment-2862 "respectable and articulate" -- thanks for that... Good points, the Edison example is a favorite but I did not know about the Wrights, I am going to check that out.... Thanks again :) “respectable and articulate” — thanks for that…

Good points, the Edison example is a favorite but I did not know about the Wrights, I am going to check that out….

Thanks again :)

]]> By: Jamel Markee http://futureprogress.net/-/2007/11/17/on-innovation-an-argument-against-patents/#comment-2848 Jamel Markee Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:41:27 +0000 http://futureprogress.net/-/2007/11/17/on-invention-an-argument-against-patents/#comment-2848 A well written article by a respectable and articulate author. Certainly, I would note that at least in the US, powerful inventors and those with connections to the more powerful classes have used patent law as a bludgeon to suppress competition from others. Specifically, look up Thomas Edison and his use of the legal system to squash other methods of developing a light bulb, or Orville and Wilbur Wright's attempts to claim ultimate ownership of ALL flying devices after their successful airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Modern day examples might be the giant technological mess created by patent lawsuits between Verizon, Vonage and God knows who else. The point, I guess, is that the more things change, the more they stay the same. A well written article by a respectable and articulate author. Certainly, I would note that at least in the US, powerful inventors and those with connections to the more powerful classes have used patent law as a bludgeon to suppress competition from others. Specifically, look up Thomas Edison and his use of the legal system to squash other methods of developing a light bulb, or Orville and Wilbur Wright’s attempts to claim ultimate ownership of ALL flying devices after their successful airplane flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Modern day examples might be the giant technological mess created by patent lawsuits between Verizon, Vonage and God knows who else. The point, I guess, is that the more things change, the more they stay the same.

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