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China beats US in patent filings for second straight year

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Re: China beats US in patent filings for second straight year

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Post by errantmind »

pacman2 wrote: post #10
fungiblecog wrote: post #8

Time to get rid of patents. Only useful to trolls and other anti-competitive elements

Dude. I just submitted two patents. Patents are the only way a small company can get an edge. And yes, there is more than software and IT in this world. Good luck to raise non IT capital in tech without patents.

Your edge is agility and bringing your following with you to a superior product. If you have no following then maybe it is time to acquire one. Personal brand is the future, like it or not

> Good luck to raise non IT capital in tech without patents

Again, this wouldn't be a problem if there were no patents

Re: China beats US in patent filings for second straight year

#13

Post by pacman2 »

errantmind wrote: post #11
pacman2 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude. I just submitted two patents. Patents are the only way a small company can get an edge. And yes, there is more than software and IT in this world. Good luck to raise non IT capital in tech without patents.

Your edge is agility and bringing your following with you to a superior product. If you have no following then maybe it is time to acquire one. Personal brand is the future, like it or not > Good luck to raise non IT capital in tech without patents Again, this wouldn't be a problem if there were no patents

No. Lets take the most extreme example. Medicine. Development and clinical trials cost you more than a billion. Why would I risk this? I let you develop it, I let you do the clinical trials and then just copy it. Even better. I can always sell cheaper than you since I don't have to recover investment costs.

The patents are the only incentives for the investors to accept the risk.

Re: China beats US in patent filings for second straight year

#14

Post by CaptainNegative »

pacman2 wrote: post #9
andyana wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, but for which country?

China. Well known. But regarding the other poster (comment got deleted): China has a higher average IQ than the US and 3 times the population. So more patents are not surprising in the end.

if they were smart they wouldn't be in china

Re: China beats US in patent filings for second straight year

#15

Post by therealdrag0 »

errantmind wrote: post #11
pacman2 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude. I just submitted two patents. Patents are the only way a small company can get an edge. And yes, there is more than software and IT in this world. Good luck to raise non IT capital in tech without patents.

Your edge is agility and bringing your following with you to a superior product. If you have no following then maybe it is time to acquire one. Personal brand is the future, like it or not > Good luck to raise non IT capital in tech without patents Again, this wouldn't be a problem if there were no patents

Why resign to a dystopian future of personal brands being a prerequisite to innnovation?

Re: China beats US in patent filings for second straight year

#17

Post by MattGaiser »

errantmind wrote: post #11
pacman2 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude. I just submitted two patents. Patents are the only way a small company can get an edge. And yes, there is more than software and IT in this world. Good luck to raise non IT capital in tech without patents.

Your edge is agility and bringing your following with you to a superior product. If you have no following then maybe it is time to acquire one. Personal brand is the future, like it or not > Good luck to raise non IT capital in tech without patents Again, this wouldn't be a problem if there were no patents

> Your edge is agility and bringing your following with you to a superior product.

You assume the product is some easy to alter and adjust software product. What if it’s a new jet engine or a drug?

Re: China beats US in patent filings for second straight year

#18

Post by betaby »

pacman2 wrote: post #13
errantmind wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your edge is agility and bringing your following with you to a superior product. If you have no following then maybe it is time to acquire one. Personal brand is the future, like it or not > Good luck to raise non IT capital in tech without patents Again, this wouldn't be a problem if there were no patents

No. Lets take the most extreme example. Medicine. Development and clinical trials cost you more than a billion. Why would I risk this? I let you develop it, I let you do the clinical trials and then just copy it. Even better. I can always sell cheaper than you since I don't have to recover investment costs. The patents are the only incentives for the investors to accept the risk.

> Why would I risk this?

Because you don't. Most of the medical research in the world is government sponsored (yes, including USA).

Re: China beats US in patent filings for second straight year

#20

Post by [deleted] »

pacman2 wrote: post #10
fungiblecog wrote: post #8

Time to get rid of patents. Only useful to trolls and other anti-competitive elements

Dude. I just submitted two patents. Patents are the only way a small company can get an edge. And yes, there is more than software and IT in this world. Good luck to raise non IT capital in tech without patents.

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