Assertion: patent | /r/CapableOf | encourage innovation
Facets:
value: by giving owners the right
type: MANNER
value: essentially
type: DEGREE
value: by giving an inventor protection
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The basic idea behind patents is that they encourage innovation by giving an inventor protection for an invention for a substantial number of years.
text: That patents encourage innovation may have been largely true in an age where most patents were owned by their inventors.
text: Patents are intended to protect intellectual property and encourage innovation, granting innovative companies a temporary competitive advantage over their rivals; however, patents have been used offensively through threats of litigation.
text: However, since patents essentially encourage innovation by giving owners the right to monopolize the market for a limited time, the public will suffer from the patents that are not innovative by paying a supracompetitive cost.