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Old 12-21-2011, 07:56 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore View Post
This.
So you're going to throw out the patent system and replace it with... what, exactly? Would you rather return to the "good old days" when everything was kept secret, and peoples' inventions died with them, or would you advocate that nobody had any rights to their inventions?

Where would be the incentive for drugs companies to spend billions on developing new drugs, if there was no patent protection, and their rivals could just copy and manufacture the drugs for pennies?

Please do explain your ideas!

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