Creating A Global Patent System

prostoalex writes "May issue of MIT Technology Review discussed the implications of a globalized patent system. For small inventors, it argues, the cost of globalizing the rights for their invention are just unbearable. For example, in Europe it costs about $7,000 per country to file a patent application. As an article bonus, some people might like to take a look at the list of the largest patent holders per industry in PDF format."

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Re:Only global patents make sense

[Eric Ass Raymond]

How long have we had patent databases on the net? Now it's much easier to look for good ideas in a foreign patent database and steal those which are not patented in your own country.