David Tomlinson wrote:
I am not alone:
http://ssrn.com/abstract=976733
"It is not surprising that such broad criticism, from such a diverse
group of critics, has now emerged. Intellectual property products form
the core of today’s "New Economy" of high technology, communications,
and entertainment"
[...]
"We need at least some voices to remind the courts and policy makers
of the costs of monopoly and the view that competition has a vital
role to play in incentivizing innovation"
A quote from the abstract of an accepted paper to a non-peer reviewed
journal edited by second year law students about US intellectual
property law does not prove the case the argument.
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*Simon Thompson MEng MIET*
Research and Development Engineer
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