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Subject:    [DMCA_Discuss] Patents vs. Logic (was USPTO Grants Patent DNS
From:       Anatoly Volynets <av () total-knowledge ! com>
Date:       2004-02-24 1:02:22
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0402231646270.8739 () papka ! total-knowledge ! com
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All right, let's put aside emotions and try again to deploy logic and 
knowledge. I have many reservations about what you stated below, but want 
to ask one question:

Can you *strongly* prove that technological progress in this country has
been successful because of patent system, not despite of patent system?

I would also put the question this way:
Has anybody ever tried to *strongly* ...(see above)

Yet another formula:
How can it be *strongly* ...(see above)

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Robert F. Bodi wrote:

:Of course, I disagree with your conclusion.  All the hubbub over software
:patents may have shown some shortcomings of the system, but it hardly
:disputes the clear benefits of the patent system.  Yet again, I challenge
:you to logically show me how a strong patent system, used by the most
:technologically advanced nation on earth (and used by ALL other
:technologically successful nations), has somehow HURT the inventive process.
:In fact, strong IP and successful technological advances are so tightly
:correlated that I am amazed that anyone can argue that there is an INVERSE
:relationship, as some have.
:
:-Bodi
:

Anatoly Volynets
http://www.total-knowledge.com
http://www.culturedialogue.org
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