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Originally Posted by slowmover
If we (the world) dropped patent protection and all other IP nonsense after five years we'd all be better off. Immeasurably so.
Thanks, Frank. Great thread idea. Just today linked a guy from another forum to this one in re a box truck he owns. As an architecture student maybe it'll pique his interest.
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You might not feel that way if YOU had spent close to $40,000 and enough time to get a doctors degree.
Lets say you just work for me for free for the next 5 years (10,000 hours) and give me $40K of you life's savings.
That just covers the cost.
I think my patent is good for 17.5 years but requires a "service fee" for "maintenance" every 4 years or so.
regards
Mech