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**Glanteeignile** · 08-20-2009, 11:41 PM

Good! There is less of a loss from a big corporation holding a patent to itself than a small one, because the big corporation likely has a much larger pool of other patents to draw on, with which it can combine the new one to create a new product. It also probably has more resources to market and sell the new product.

a) This isn't what Jon was talking about
b) I don't see that it's obvious from an overall efficiency point of view that we want a large company holding a patent rather than a small company, ceteris parebus. The small company might be more inclined to widely license its patent, for example
c) Most of the time we DON'T WANT people holding patents. Patents suck. That's the whole idea....

08-20-2009, 11:41 PM	#26
Glanteeignile Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 565 Senior Member	Good! There is less of a loss from a big corporation holding a patent to itself than a small one, because the big corporation likely has a much larger pool of other patents to draw on, with which it can combine the new one to create a new product. It also probably has more resources to market and sell the new product. a) This isn't what Jon was talking about b) I don't see that it's obvious from an overall efficiency point of view that we want a large company holding a patent rather than a small company, ceteris parebus. The small company might be more inclined to widely license its patent, for example c) Most of the time we DON'T WANT people holding patents. Patents suck. That's the whole idea....
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