Thread: Petition to reduce US copyright to 28 years
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Old 07-17-2012, 08:59 AM   #323
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Originally Posted by DarkScribe View Post
Patents apply for a short term - usually four years - and have to be regularly renewed.
What country are you talking about, as a matter of interest? In most countries (almost all the signatory nations of the World Trade Organisation, for example), patents are granted for a period of 20 years (14 years for design patents) and cannot be renewed. What country grants patents for only four years and allows them to be renewed?
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