[sombremesa]

A monopoly is not objectively a bad thing, just like debt is not objectively a bad thing. Else we should abolish the patent office.

[zamalek]

Patents have an expiry date because the patent office agrees that monopolies are bad. The purpose of a patent is to allow an inventor to establish their market, not to establish a monopoly.

[sombremesa]

Alright, I'll play your silly game.

How about Mickey Mouse? One could say that market is well established by the creator by now. Yet the law protects this monopoly.

[nmfisher]

> Else we should abolish the patent office.

Where do I sign?