tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post3072496334017129674..comments2024-02-27T15:47:47.923-05:00Comments on Principled Perspectives: Patents are a Necessity, Not a Hindrance, to the Free Marketprincipled perspectiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-56300788388312732682014-01-12T09:39:30.826-05:002014-01-12T09:39:30.826-05:00I'm no expert on the subject. But isn't th...I'm no expert on the subject. But isn't the automobile really a series of inventions? I think the key invention was the internal combustion engine (if you exclude the wheel). Everything else was added piece by piece.principled perspectiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502754865268315342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495065931245897039.post-40496205201687398422014-01-11T20:15:19.721-05:002014-01-11T20:15:19.721-05:00Speaking of patents, I believe the automobile was ...Speaking of patents, I believe the automobile was invented in Europe, probably in Germany. If the inventor got a patent, it must not have applied in the U.S So, here, everybody was free to take the idea and run with it, and so the competitive U.S. auto industry developed without having to wait for a patent to expire. Or, did everybody actually have to get license under an effective patent? That must be what happened in Europe, assuming there was an effective patent there.Mike Kevittnoreply@blogger.com