M. Fioretti wrote:
Another example: google for "synthetic diamonds" which have a lot of useful industrial applications,
Indeed, and this link suggests that the existence of patents did not accelerate the creation of synthetic diamonds at any point, but at several points did slow it down:
http://edwardjayepstein.com/diamond/chap15_print.htm
not just pretty rings and necklaces. It costs a lot to test and develop the machinery.
Yet, the ones who developed them first did not use patents, but when GE did get patents, it did inhibit De Beers from using their process until they paid $8 million.
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