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Originally Posted by CyGuy
Copyright should last no more than 10 years with no renewal possible.
Patent should last 10 years with one 10-year renewal allowed.
Trademark should last 10 years but be renewable indefinitely.
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That doesn't seem very fair. Copyright is generally owned by one person. Patents are often taken out on things that take a long time and a lot of money to develop. Trademarks are usually owned by companies (even if they start out as one person, they usually get bought out if they get successful). Thus, ordinary people would lose most from this, either directly (because their income i.e. from copyright or a patent, is diminished) or indirectlly (because companies won't put money into something that won't give them a return - e.g. drug companies won't bother researching into rare illnesses or ones for which there are existing drugs but maybe not the best ones there could be), while big companies would continue having their products protected.