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Another idea I've been toying with is how to incentivize use of good ideas. What if the value of a patent is somehow determined by how used it is? Somewhat like a stock market for ideas. You could buy shares in ideas. If they become popular, the value of those shares increases. Owning shares in the idea protects you from litigation.

This isnt very well worked out at all, just some musings on how to fix other aspects of the current system.




> Somewhat like a stock market for ideas ... . Owning shares in the idea protects you from litigation.

I like this idea!




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