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Christ · 10-11-2009, 02:51 AM

I thought that as well... they seize patents, (which I think will happen anyway, since they're staking in GM right now), and they can sell/lease the patents.

Lease, preferably, for long-term royalty income. We could be on top again, by leasing the patents to other countries' companies. Sure, we'd be buying our own technology, but the gubmint would at least get subsidies from the sales/production of those technologies, so maybe we could get a little "caught up" monetarily?

Hell, with enough patents for lease, we could be "on top" again, right?

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,919 Pasta - '96 Volkswagen Passat TDi 90 day: 45.22 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,369 Thanked 430 Times in 353 Posts	I thought that as well... they seize patents, (which I think will happen anyway, since they're staking in GM right now), and they can sell/lease the patents. Lease, preferably, for long-term royalty income. We could be on top again, by leasing the patents to other countries' companies. Sure, we'd be buying our own technology, but the gubmint would at least get subsidies from the sales/production of those technologies, so maybe we could get a little "caught up" monetarily? Hell, with enough patents for lease, we could be "on top" again, right? __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"