I took the time to read this artical and found it very interesting. Patent laws could and should be used to protect inventors.There can be over protection. to the point that patent laws cross the line into invading the consumers rights. For example. If buy an operating system from Microsoft and your cpu should burn out Microsoft feels that not only should you have to buy a new cpu but you should also have to buy a new operating system as well. One thing has nothing to do with the other as a tech looking at this it is just wrong.It's like an auto maker telling you that if you get a flat on your car you have to buy a new car.
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I took the time to read this artical and found it very interesting. Patent laws could and should be used to protect inventors.There can be over protection. to the point that patent laws cross the line into invading the consumers rights. For example. If buy an operating system from Microsoft and your cpu should burn out Microsoft feels that not only should you have to buy a new cpu but you should also have to buy a new operating system as well. One thing has nothing to do with the other as a tech looking at this it is just wrong.It's like an auto maker telling you that if you get a flat on your car you have to buy a new car.