On: Abolish The Patent, Vanquish The Troll

[tbrownaw]

But with out patents there is no incentive for innovation.

This is quite obviously false, as there was innovation before patents were invented and not all innovations nowadays are patented. It isn't even at all clear that the existence of patents increases innovation.

[r00fus → tbrownaw]

Without patents, there is indeed innovation, but it's not "controlled".

Patents allow the existing power structure to sanction, spur and hobble innovation.

Patents are all about control.