Hi Khaled Actually I did not. The Chinese developed their earlier versions which in later iterations become the printing press in europe. I could also add the mariner's compass and the examination system. The arabs could charge for use of the algebra and the number 0.
There is an exhibition in London of inventions from the Islamic heritage and they would do the intelletual level of the Muslim world proud. More at http://www.1001inventions.com/exhibition/science-museum. Not half-baked by any yardstick. The patent system goes to the very heart of the success of western science and technology. The focus was on the "individual" owning his innovations and inventions and the idea of copyright from music to art and literature; all works of the intellect; overtherwise known as intellectual property. This system became pervasive with the colonial expansion into the new world and the east; expropriating all resources and peoples under some kingdom, god or other entity. The East, in spite of their intellectual advances did not adopt or develop a patent system. Innovation and inventions were trade secrets, learned from one apprentice to another, maybe not a great model for rapid commercialisation but great for the public domain. But what we have today is the patent system taken to the extreme where genes and lifeforms can be patented, nothing short of biopiracy. Best Rgds ! Khoo Hock Aun On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:52 AM, khaledsa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Andre > > > > I was just wondering if China had demanded royalties for all the > > intellectual property rights to gunpowder, ice-cream, spaghetti and > > other > > what not that Marco Polo took from China and introduced to the West, > > how > > much would that amount to now ? > > > > Best Regards > > Khoo Hock Aun > > > > That's a good one. > > You forgot the most important of all, the printing block. > > That goes along the same way when we asked the Indians if they had > ownership papers for this country. > > The scariest of all is what is being patented in the genetic field. Soon, > you will be paying someone a royalty for the privilege of staying alive, > because your body is using a gene that they have a patent on. > > k > ____________________________________________________________ > Love Spell > Click here to light up your life with a love spell! > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=MCjrvtAnsAXna49ZSSeImwAAJ1BoN5MIA846iJgpKACKCvEMAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARwAAAAA= > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > -- [email protected] 6016-301 4079 Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
