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Science Fiction's Verdict on Patents? Guilty.

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RAHfanboy
11/01/08

In reply to Science Fiction's Verdict on Patents? Guilty.
The main character in Heinlein's "Door into Summer" wakes from cryogenic sleep, designs some inventions, but finds them already patented years ago. As it turns out, he patented them himself after going back in time. If that's a spoiler, get over it, the book's been out for decades. Patent law is not treated as bad or good, but just another tool that can be used or misused, like a gun or a hammer or a karaoke machine.
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