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Don't we kinda wish our Australian state elders could do that kind of protection on our behalf?

China has been filing more patents than the US for some years now. Sure they stole shiploads of IP and know-hows before, and now...

Serve big stupid business for going over there exploiting their plebs thinking there wouldn't be any losses.

Saw a recent interview with this whip smart, innovative, American tech genius nobody ever heard of before... he and his lab practically produces the tech and IP that enable Microsoft, Google, Apple etc. etc.

His team of geniuses invented all the tech but never patent it. They do not believe in the money profit motive. They want the technology to enrich lives, move the world forward.

Bill Gates and partner Allan where HS kids playing in the guy's lab. They took a bunch of his codes and tech to develop some microSoft app... then patent the crap out of it.

ANyway, he was saying that patents is just a very good way for corporations to make profit. It wouldn't help innovation at all. You patent something, milk the heck out of it... and that stops you from innovating.

So if China, or any country, could produce the same stuff and sell for a lot less... until global corporations pay their fair due of taxes to the country that nurture them... they can take a hike.