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IP freely? What a wind-up! If only Trevor Baylis had patent protections inventors enjoy today

Adrian 4

Patents

I would have more sympathy for the patent system if it was usable from both sides.

It should be simple to register a patent and defend it successfully against infringement.

It should be simple to determine whether an invention infringes an existing patent.

At present, I think it's weighted toward defence - although that can still be costly. But I don't think it adequately allows for searching, and can be abused to make it specifically difficult to find a relevant existing patent.

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