Is the era of open source legal stupidity over?

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...must have an invention...

I disagree about not patenting an "idea" of an invention. I've got ideas for several new technologies, but I don't have the capital to create them. They require microscopic parts. If I can't patent my idea, I can't propose it to larger companies that CAN manufacture it without fear of them just taking it from me. I need that patent protection and society, as a whole, needs me (and others like me) to have that protection, so we have the encouragement to bring these new technologies forward so everyone then benefits from them... which is the fundamental purpose of the patent system.

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