http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2514 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2514#comment-374437 Nanodot: Nanotechnology News and Discussion » Blog Archive » Patent office arms race will hurt nanotechnology Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:38:05 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2514#comment-374437 [...] While the new peer review process being tested now may help, it seems to me that this arms race may be unwinnable in the long term, just due to increasing complexity of technologies and patent applications, including in nanotech. Regardless of whether you view patents as beneficial or harmful, delays and uncertainty may be the worst of all worlds, economically speaking. —Christine [...] [...] While the new peer review process being tested now may help, it seems to me that this arms race may be unwinnable in the long term, just due to increasing complexity of technologies and patent applications, including in nanotech. Regardless of whether you view patents as beneficial or harmful, delays and uncertainty may be the worst of all worlds, economically speaking. —Christine [...]

]]> http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2514#comment-311114 Anonymous Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:58:18 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2514#comment-311114 I agree that researchers deserve to benefit from the fruits of their research, but if patents protect a basic assembly technique that cannot be avoided, then I cannot think of a more clear-cut case of eminent domain. The researcher would benefit from government money from a mandatory purchase of the patent rights, and the public would benefit from a mandatory no-cost licensing of the patent. I agree that researchers deserve to benefit from the fruits of their research, but if patents protect a basic assembly technique that cannot be avoided, then I cannot think of a more clear-cut case of eminent domain. The researcher would benefit from government money from a mandatory purchase of the patent rights, and the public would benefit from a mandatory no-cost licensing of the patent.

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