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Masnick: Having no patent system would be better than the current system
“I might feel pretty strongly that no patent system would probably be better than the patent system that we have today.”
Mike Masnick Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 24:53 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
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China reduced prison sentences for inmates who filed patents
“China was incentivizing people in their prisons that they would give them shorter prison sentences if they were able to file patents.”
Mike Masnick Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:09 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
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Masnick: Adopting traditional corporate lobbying would mark a tech industry failure
“I think, you know, one of the things, you know, if it turns out that the tech industry, that the answer for them on policy questions is to build up a giant lobbying system, Set up an apparatus in the nature of like the telcos and the pharmaceuticals and a numb…”
Mike Masnick Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:49 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
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Masnick: Independent invention defense would eliminate most patent system issues
“I think you would wipe out so many of the problems of the patent system if you had a real independent invention defense”
Mike Masnick Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:18 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
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Masnick: Startups prioritizing early patent downside protection are making a mistake
“The only thing that patents really do is protect you on the downside. And if you're protecting on the downside at the beginning, you've, again, I think you've just done something wrong.”
Mike Masnick Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 23:47 a16z Podcast | A Whirlwind Tour of Policy Issues in Tech
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