Patents are like fertilizer. Applied wisely and sparingly, they can increase growth. But if you apply too many chemicals, or make patents too strong, then you can leach the land, making growth more difficult.
Alex Tabarrok
Patents are like fertilizer
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In the tech world, patents are more like pesticides. Stockpile enough of them with proper delivery systems, and you have an arsenal of chemical weapons.
Except they keep others from growing anything …