| > Patents are incentives. They are also regulations. You can't opt-out of the patent system. > You can weigh the benefits or lack thereof and chooses to opt-in or opt-out. What is your proposed mechanism to opt-out? Do you mean that an inventor can choose not to apply for a patent? If so, that's not an opt-out of the patent system. You are still subject to all other valid patents. > Regulations are a government-created burden. Including patent regulations. It seems you support the regulations that you consider "good" and call them incentives. Environmental and consumer rights regulations are both regulations and incentives in exactly the way patents are. They are enforced by the state and incentivise certain behaviours. > You can't opt out of a regulation. True. As stated, you can't opt-out of patent regulations either. |