tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792004824896769845.post25393414537936696..comments2023-10-26T10:14:30.017-04:00Comments on "Green is Good": Plextronics CEO: "Today’s clean-tech intellectual property is tomorrow’s oil"Schultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15081403187993259643noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792004824896769845.post-51487922195185184312009-02-10T14:43:00.000-05:002009-02-10T14:43:00.000-05:00This view of patents as a deterrent to innovation ...This view of patents as a deterrent to innovation is just plain wrong. <BR/><BR/>What are the specific "examples" of the patent system inhibiting competition and innovation?? <BR/><BR/>An extensive study by the International Trade Commission last year looked at patenting trends in industrial biotech and found that "a diverse group of firms, large and small, is developing new patented products and processes, and new firms are steadily entering the field ... (T)he data suggest that patents are facilitating, not stifling innovation." <BR/><BR/>A strong, efficient and reliable IP structure provides the incentive for investment in breakthrough technologies and empowers the transfer of technology (including to developing countries) that true collaboration it built upon. Just being able to take others' inventions freely and use them for your own benefit is not collaboration. <BR/><BR/>The view that intellectual property is a barrier to innovation never seems to come from the actual innovators like Andy Hannah who have some skin in the game and are taking the risk to change the world.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226923839502564885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792004824896769845.post-19933165346419579622008-12-11T11:28:00.000-05:002008-12-11T11:28:00.000-05:00Although its hard to argue with his main bullet po...Although its hard to argue with his main bullet points (collaborate, compete, use our assets, and win) I'm always cautious when people assume "intellectual property" is the way to achieve these goals. In particular this mentality seems in conflict with the spirit of collaboration and competition.<BR/><BR/>There are far too many examples of companies using the patent system to inhibit competition and innovation. My biggest concern is that we will lock up the best ideas making this necessary technology unaffordable, especially for developing countries where it is needed most. The market, not the patent office, should reward those with the best ideas and the best execution.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374447467553477336noreply@blogger.com