Re: Alternative to Invention Patents

royls_at_telus.net
Date: 06/27/04 

Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 05:23:00 GMT

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 02:28:06 GMT, "Robert J. Kolker"
<robert_kolker@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Richard Tanzer wrote:
>> Ron, given your proposed system, anyone else could simply pay a few
>> thousand dollars and use my invention. Why would I be motivated to risk
>> a substantial amount of money without a chance for a large payoff?
>
>Because you love to invent and the effort is its own reward. Right? Yea.
>Sure.

I strongly suspect that _is_ right.

>Perhaps there are few who invent for the love of it.

Most inventors do.

>However, the
>inventions that -really- make a difference to the public generally
>require Big Bucks to develop into a commercially viable product.

Wrong.

>As you
>point out, no one is going to buy something that will be ripped off real
>quick.

But people buy public domain products all the time. You're just
wrong.

>Exclusivity is worth mega bucks to those who have the money to spend.

Well, yes, some people do go after economic rents like pigs hunting
truffles.

-- Roy L

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