One thing I can add to patents is an individual working for a corporation. An individual who develops a patent for a product will get their salary and if lucky will be acknowledged by having their name on the patent while the corporation will reap the millions or billions of dollars on it. In some cases it can be a few thousand dollars translated into billions. It's really the ultimate form of slavery.
Then there is the obstacle of a small business attempting to get a patent. While you can supposedly file for a patent without an attorney the chance of the patent office granting one is near zero. (It's the same with getting a building permit for a house from the government - no architect stamp, no permit).
So to get a patent the attorney will charge thousands of dollars but if you don't have the money will gladly take a certain percentage of the profit for the lifetime of the patent. If they feel that it will be productive that is. Having dealt with them I can only say that it took a full week of scrubbing in the shower to rid myself of the slime from just talking to them.
The entire governmental and financial system is why Americans are/have declined into poverty and debt. And Americans are stupid enough to support it because they believe it is keeping them safe and prosperous.
Now America is attempting to impose the same type of safety, fairness and economic system on the rest of the world by warfare.
And I thought it was just about oil!
One thing I can add to patents is an individual working for a corporation. An individual who develops a patent for a product will get their salary and if lucky will be acknowledged by having their name on the patent while the corporation will reap the millions or billions of dollars on it. In some cases it can be a few thousand dollars translated into billions. It's really the ultimate form of slavery.
Then there is the obstacle of a small business attempting to get a patent. While you can supposedly file for a patent without an attorney the chance of the patent office granting one is near zero. (It's the same with getting a building permit for a house from the government - no architect stamp, no permit).
So to get a patent the attorney will charge thousands of dollars but if you don't have the money will gladly take a certain percentage of the profit for the lifetime of the patent. If they feel that it will be productive that is. Having dealt with them I can only say that it took a full week of scrubbing in the shower to rid myself of the slime from just talking to them.
The entire governmental and financial system is why Americans are/have declined into poverty and debt. And Americans are stupid enough to support it because they believe it is keeping them safe and prosperous.
Now America is attempting to impose the same type of safety, fairness and economic system on the rest of the world by warfare.