Patents and other intellectual property

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Number 152
Number 152
Conspirator for: 16 years 41 weeks
Posted on: May 30, 2010 - 9:51am

Gard,

I've heard you object to patents and other intellectual property at Liberty Forum but never got the reasons.  I've read heart-rending articles about families torn apart when one member sues someone or is sued over an alleged infringement, but that is a personal issue, or an issue of "the big guy throwing his weight around - just because he can."

 

As a person who has the utmost respect for the Constitution, surely you realize that such protection is there.  From Article I, section 8: "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"

 

I can make my own chocolate-chip cookie, but I can't call it "Famous Amos."

 

Do you favor amending the Constitution, or some other solution?

 

 

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LysanderSpooner
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Posted on: May 30, 2010 - 3:08pm #1

I  can't speak completely for Gard, but I know he opposes the Constitution on Spoonerian grounds.  However, he is adept at arguing for liberty using the Constitution.

This video might help, though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2jSabFiYQY&feature=player_embedded

 

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Number 152
Number 152
Conspirator for: 16 years 41 weeks
Posted on: June 28, 2010 - 7:31am #2

Lysander,

I looked at the YouTube video you referred me to.  The debate back and forth was simply a case of some people saying there should be intellectual property rights protection and some people saying there should be no such protection.  Sheldon appeared to be asserting that if intellectual property is simply an arrangement of words and musical notes, that is does not deserve protection, but it was not clear to me whether that assertion applied to hard goods.

I currently have one item being evaluated by the USPTO and am working on several others.  Please read my posting to that YouTube video you referred me to.

-nv1z

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