In My Honest Opinion -- (I, MHo)

OpenIdea: A Patent System That Grants Duopolies

One of the differences between the US patent system and the patent processes in the rest of the world is that the US has “first to invent” rule — while the rest of the world goes by “first to file” — for granting patents.  I say, “Why not make it BOTH?” Basically, instead of granting a monopoly to just 1 inventor, create a duopoly patent system — so that the public gets at least 2 competitors for every invention.  Ok, so I’m pretty sure there would be legal chaos with this plan, but the system is already kinda messy… I wonder if there’s any way to model the possible effects of a duopoly patent system in SecondLife. hmm.