“Patents block progress” – says Lester Earnest, founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Stanford, on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay
(I agree about patents… I worked pre-market in the medical device industry.on some promising devices. The company I worked for purposely shelved patents to shelve them indefinitely.)
There have been numerous incidents where patents have been purchased and shelved. The electric car is an example. Electric cars were viable waaaay before the current models, but big oil simply put them out of business.
“As we act, let us not become the evil that we deplore.” Barbara Lee
“Politicians and pro athletes: The only people who still get paid when they lose.” William Rivers Pitt