http://dofonline.co.uk/blogs/the-edge/business/intellectual-property-can-be-stolen-too/ Richard Northedge takes on corporate finance Thu, 17 May 2012 04:46:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://dofonline.co.uk/blogs/the-edge/business/intellectual-property-can-be-stolen-too/#comment-2 Matthew Johns Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:00:54 +0000 http://dofonline.co.uk/blogs/uncategorized/intellectual-property-can-be-stolen-too/#comment-2 Whilst your views are correct in one respect you have assumed that an innovator has a right to their creation. Governments grant patent rights to individuals, giving them the ability to make income from their innovation. If the government chooses not to grant these rights, or to limit the income from them, that is their choice. In a democracy we hope that they are acting in the best interests of their population. If a government frequently or unjustly alters rights of ownership then it will find that investors avoid it. The EU can only hope that the benefits of this decision outweigh the consequences. Whilst your views are correct in one respect you have assumed that an innovator has a right to their creation.
Governments grant patent rights to individuals, giving them the ability to make income from their innovation. If the government chooses not to grant these rights, or to limit the income from them, that is their choice. In a democracy we hope that they are acting in the best interests of their population.
If a government frequently or unjustly alters rights of ownership then it will find that investors avoid it. The EU can only hope that the benefits of this decision outweigh the consequences.

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