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Pure Poppycock
>Patents should have to be renewed every year or so, with a healthy fee attached.

That would stiffle innovation from the greatest minds of our time. It would also encourage large and corrupt corporations to crush the efforts of independent inventors so they could make them broke - all just so the corporation can scoop up the patent a year later.

Look at my thumb. Gee you're dumb.
Posted by: daver_z   Posted on: 03/15/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Patents should be like FCC licenses  DarthRidiculous | 03/14/06
That's a good idea!  Tony Agudo | 03/14/06
even simpler  bjornafreeman@... | 03/15/06
Copyrights and Patents both should be re-worked.  Narg | 03/15/06
Pure Poppycock  daver_z | 03/15/06
Why?  bjornafreeman@... | 03/16/06

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