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		CobrastanJorji on Aug 24, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Supreme Court Should Say No to Patents That Take O... You're right, but several important business models stop working out when patents disappear, most notably drug researchers.

thayne on Aug 25, 2018 [–]

> The entire patent system needs to be redesigned.

That doesn't necessarily mean removing it altogether. Making more thing unpatentable (ex algorithms, discoveries, etc.) and shortening the lifetimes of patents could go a long way.

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