Talk:Economics and patents

message: This article looks biased. Please check this point further. --Edcolins 12:03, 2 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've reworked the intro to provide both sides of the story.  As per Hawthorwn, the writing is not biased (but is rather strongly worded), the other side simply isn't there.  I do not consider myself knoweledgeable enough to write anything meaningful about the argument against patents.  Hawthorn, you seem to be familiar with the subject, can you write something?  I think sources will be needed if statements such as "likely to create economic inefficiencies", as they are, at least, debatable points. Kcordina  Talk  10:20, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: 2005-2006

message: The article in its current form (May 3, 2006) does not provide a comprehensive view. It appears to be difficult to provide such a view as the topic has turned out to be extremely complex. If time permits and there are no objections I will restructure the article over the next few months. The "patent system" has without doubt an economic impact and as such I believe that the article is intended to discuss the effects of intellectual property on the economy overall with a specific focus on the effects of patents. The effects should be presented in a factual manner i.e. they should not be categorized into "pros and cons". Such a classification may likely be subjective. Also an essay on the economic impact of intellectual property should refrain from discussing unsupported rationales and motivations for or against a patent system. This should only be argued subsequently and with great caution - see E. Machlup's report on the economics of patents from the 1950s. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.18.69.83 (talk • contribs) 
:I think we'll all be happy about any improvement to the article. The subject appears indeed to be rather complex and would definitely require a factual and neutral framework with references to academic papers and reliable studies. --Edcolins 06:48, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your contributions. Please could you add precise and reliable sources to help readers verify the source of the information you have added. Otherwise, the section you have added can be removed by anyone for lack of verifiability. Thank you. --Edcolins (talk) 19:11, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

text: I have removed the section for now. Please reinsert, if appropriate, but with proper sources. Thank you.--Edcolins (talk) 19:27, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The article does not provide a comprehensive view 

message: I've been thinking about breaking out "Patent Valuation" and expanding it to include common methods of calcuating patent value in license or sales negotiations.  Any objections?--Nowa (talk) 11:07, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Break out Patent Valuation

message: I'm going to be editing this page more frequently in the coming weeks.  This is my 1st venture into Wikipedia as an editor, so please give me some constructive feedback.  Right now this page could use a huge overhaul.  I'll start slow by adding links, sources, references.  I'd like to build up the current discussions around patents (pros and cons) and their impact to the economy.  Thanks Kehiii (talk) 17:08, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Economic Benefits

message: The section "Economic benefits" seems to present only the opinion that patents do not encourage innovations. This seems to violate our neutrality policy, see Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. --Edcolins (talk) 21:00, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, section deleted. - RoyBoy 01:59, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. --Edcolins (talk) 18:43, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

text: Innovation section citations seem to say that overall patents do not encourage innovation. --Bejnar (talk) 19:54, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV tag 

message: The passage "Since the patent provides the firm with the right to develop the product" is rather unclear, if not incorrect... A patent is not a "right to develop" a product, but a right to prevent others from commercially exploiting the patented product/process. --Edcolins (talk) 09:00, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "''Since the patent provides the firm with the right to develop the product..''" 

message: The page suffers from poor textual composition and the style is conversational. Please get some editors to fix this.
"In addition, despite that USPTO tried its best to discriminate the validity and scope of a patent application, sometimes it will still issue a patent that should not be issued. The system corrects the mistake by maintaining the rights to nullify inappropriately issued patents. However, only very small fraction of the disputes ever went to court because of high litigation cost."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.77.177.175 (talk) 08:59, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for your suggestion. When you believe an article needs improvement, please feel free to make those changes.  Wikipedia is a wiki, so anyone can edit almost any article by simply following the  link at the top.</br> The Wikipedia community encourages you to be bold in updating pages. Don't worry too much about making honest mistakes—they're likely to be found and corrected quickly. If you're not sure how editing works, check out how to edit a page, or use the sandbox to try out your editing skills.  New contributors are always welcome. You don't even need to log in (although there are many reasons why you might want to).  --Edcolins (talk) 19:18, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor language. 

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*Reference 1: Gaetan de Rassenfosse & Alfons Palangkaraya & Elizabeth Webster, 2013. "Do Patents Shield Disclosure or Assure Exclusivity When Transacting Technology?," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2013n05, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
*Reference 2: Paul H. Jensen & Elizabeth Webster, 2010. "Do Patents Alter the Direction of Scientific Inquiry? Evidence from a Survey of Academic Scientists," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2010n18, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
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