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Copyright and patent laws need to die.
Did you just use the word, "patent?" Oof. That's gonna cost ya.
And trademarks should never be commonly used words.
Be like pharma and make all your trademarks gibberish like "abbloplabba."
That's like most software products/projects these days.
I don't think patents themselves are inherently bad, but the way things have turned is atrocious.
There's merit to inventing something that could be easily reproduced once seen and getting a little protection to get to sell it before a big corpo just duplicates it and undersell you to death.
But there are so many crazy patents out there, and especially on very broad ideas in the software world that is absolutely batshit insane.
Software patents probably shouldn't exist unless they are super fucking specific and only for that exact implementationand method , but maybe not even then.
I disagree. Its a good thing that a competing brand can't legally make a duplicate product with the same packaging and trick people into buying it.
Copyright and trademark are different things. Trademark is for recognization of a brand, copyright is for intellectual property like books and software and music. However I agree with the above, copyright, patent, and trademark laws need to be drastically drawn back. They are being abused at every opportunity.
Why, and by how much?
This is too big to be explained by some weirdo in a comment section, I'd recommend researching how companies have used these laws and lobbied for their strengthening.
And for a broader view, look up "expropriation of the commons," which this is an example of.