> > Ah, the magic of cinema. :-) You do know that movie is based on a > magical view of chemistry, right? > > of course. but i do not doubt that corporate industry has impeded > progress in research and develop of more competitive products, or > bought the rights.
Could you give me some example patents of revolutionary inventions that were bought up and buried? That's a risky strategy, because it could result, from the teaching required of every patent, new independent inventions that were developed by people who gained insight from the patent. Workaround patents are fairly standard fare. At best, from the company's point of view, there would be two decades of protection.... Even that is not available for dominant companies in a field. They would be required to license their ideas (usually for the standard 5% of revenues.) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
