Thread: Nokia vs. Apple Patent Lawsuits and Countersuits
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2009-10-24 , 20:10
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Originally Posted by eiffel View Post

There was plenty of scientific and social advancement before patents existed. Without patents, the barriers to "advancement of the arts and sciences" are lower, and people engage in a constant process of incremental improvement. With patents, you get pockets of more intense (but isolated) development, and a reduction in the number of scientists/engineers together with an increase in the number of lawyers.

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Roger
That assertion doesn't hold up. Apple was able to easily develop UMTS cell phones even though they had no experience in the technology. I'd say the barriers to entry are lower, except that you're expected to compensate those who invented the technology you are using.

Patents have existed for over 100 years. As to the increase in patenting activity over the last 15 years, the development of cellular technology has also been tremendous in the last 15 years. Before that not so much.
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