History tells a cyclical story of man versus state: man persistently creating new ideas and the state tirelessly laboring to destroy them. Bureaucracy has never been a friend to the ideas that undermine its artificial legitimacy.
A nice video from FEE:
See the following post from Inside Counsel. The typical mainstream patent bar view. It’s complete nonsense, of course. The comment notes that the Patent Reform Act of 2010
provided guidance on patent damages, raised the bar for finding willful infringement, discouraged forum shopping and eliminated false marking suits where the plaintiff could not show competitive damage. All in all, the 2010 Act was seen as pro business and a good first step towards much needed systemic change.
I’ve blogged before some recent findings comparing creativity and innovation in Germany and England during a period of time when Germany had little or no copyright law.
Some smart French liberals of a Catholic bent, led by Damien Theillier, visited our offices, and I sort of gave them a tour, but I clearly must have forgotten about the camera...or something.
Visite du “Mises Institute” guidée par J. Tucker
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