276337, Oh also... there's this paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Posted by wallysmith, Thu Oct-04-12 09:29 AM
"The Case Against Patents"
http://research.stlouisfed.org/wp/2012/2012-035.pdf
1. Introduction
The case against patents can be summarized briefly: there is no empirical evidence that they serve to increase innovation and productivity, unless the latter is identified with the number of patents awarded – which, as evidence shows, has no correlation with measured productivity.
So.... yeah. It'd be really nice if you can support your position with some sort of evidence other than car commercials (as a reply 8 months later), vacuum commercials (LOL), or whirlpool patent cases (LOLLOOL).
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