Not being on time. Having enough going on, I don’t want to waste my time waiting for someone.
Not being on time. Having enough going on, I don’t want to waste my time waiting for someone.
Maybe look at the time since when inventions grew exponentially and you’ll see that it correlates with IP protection.
Every protected IP right may be an incentive for someone to circumvent it thereby generating new ideas/inventions.
There is no black and white. Some exploit the IP rights but this should be a reason for politics to amend the law so that the exploit is no longer possible. Hate the player, not the game.
At least in Europe and Germany there is a rule that allows the parent office to reject such an application. However, I don’t have any examples right now. Nevertheless, I know that dildos are patentable.
Here is an except from Art. 53 of the European patent convention:
European patents shall not be granted in respect of:
(a) inventions the commercial exploitation of which would be contrary to “ordre public” or morality; such exploitation shall not be deemed to be so contrary merely because it is prohibited by law or regulation in some or all of the Contracting States