[ExI] Gene Patents: Good or Bad?

[Dan]

Sorry, that second sentence is confusing. I meant that I disagree with the view "not having patents stifles innovation." In other words, I do not believe that innovation is stifled by a lack of patents. (This is aside from the moral case against patents and intellectual property in general.)

Regards,

Dan


----- Original Message ----
From: Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal.smigrodzki at gmail.com>
To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Tue, May 25, 2010 1:16:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ExI] Gene Patents: Good or Bad?

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com> wrote:
> In my mind bad. I disagree that not having patents stifles innovation.
>
>

### Clearly, yes, patenting stimulates innovation (yeah, I know,
patents are issued by the state, and I also would prefer to have them
issued by a private authority but for now state patents are better
than nothing).

Rafal
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