<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>freemymind 🇨🇭 wrote</title><author_name>freemymind 🇨🇭 (npub1kl…0u2uq)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub1kl8e7s48j6cfr6zrmn53n5l0fsxustszj3fwmu9ahn0tnm9e8euq80u2uq</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>Yes I am sorry. I thought to get a more practicle answer and then forgot it.&#xA;Practicle answer now:&#xA;I would argue, that IP is a stimulant for strong resilient monopolies to survive longer. The monopolists usually have the longer timepreference. So when they see a very good patent, they buy it or even the whole company, which owns it.&#xA;&#xA;Through the popularity of the monopolist, it is likely that such a company (like Google, Amazon or Apple) can laverage a patent better, since they already have the production lines and vendors in all the countries installed.&#xA;&#xA;So probably they will pay much more money to the patent owner, than what the patent owner could gain by making use from the patent.&#xA;&#xA;But as a result we have an economy, where only the monopolists own the key patents. Simply for their longer timepreference.&#xA;&#xA;Or which entrepreneur, that works for a houndre thousand bugs a year would not take a million dollar deal, to sell a patent? Probably very few would be so bold to keep th patent.</html></oembed>