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by phkahler 4131 days ago
>> If the university was not able to patent, then the startups could never happen. Since startups are credited with being the innovation driver in the commercial world, killing off all of these startups would have a stifling effect on innovation in the US.

No, the research would still go on. Much of it is funded by government grants and that would still continue. The results of the research would be published and anyone could make use of it. That simplifies everything and results in more competition to commercialize things.

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I tried to address this in my reply to Bjartr