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Originally Posted by botmeister
Patents are not necessarily bad, but the current implementaion sure is. Patent protection lasts far too long, what can be patented is way too broad and general in scope, and patents should not include things which are naturally occuring, such as genetic codes.
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Most of the faults I think are trere as safeguards against 'sneaky' infringements: Like a company building something that's almost identical, but stating that it's not covered by the original patent because there's a fraction of a degree deference between two parts, or its a different colour.