> In exchange for the right to sue others to stop using the invention, patent applicants have to disclose enough information about their invention to allow others in the field to make and use it.
This seems unnecessarily stiffling. Can't we change this so that anyone can still use the patented tech, but at a reasonable price?
This is already how it works. A patent holder can license the right to use the invention for a fee. You can't have the right to charge for something without the legal right to prevent someone from using that thing without paying you.
This seems unnecessarily stiffling. Can't we change this so that anyone can still use the patented tech, but at a reasonable price?