At this point, plenty of companies are recognizing that it’s just too expensive to actually innovate. If you do something well, you’re only going to get sued by someone else who hasn’t been able to innovate as well as you. The patent system is functioning in exactly the opposite manner from its constitutional purpose. It’s not promoting the progress, it’s hindering it by making sure that “progress” has a toll booth attached to it.
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