21 Jan
2010
21 Jan
'10
1:42 p.m.
The purpose of a patent is not to keep others from using your idea but exactly the opposite. It gives you exclusive use of an idea but also makes for a mechanism where your idea is then documented and can be used and improved upon by others once your exclusive use expires.
Explain that to the pharma' boys http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/cgsd/documents/lehman.pdf