Why do we let them get away with such a blatantly false statement? There were NO inventions before the existence of patents? Absurd!

There are few examples where patents did good things, many examples of their destructive effect. Patent supporters point to penicillin, some claiming on the floor of Congress that penicillin is a shining example of the success of patents. But they LIE! Penicillin was NEVER patented. Manufacturing processes were, and it made it IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to effectively manufacture penicillin until the government stepped in during the world war to set up a system of FORCED LICENSING, because the drug was desperately needed for the war effort.

Things like the telephone were never widely adopted until the patents expire.

Patents are not about “promoting progress” … they are simply about monopolies for industries that provide congressmen with the huge sums of money they need for reelection.

Patents, like much in American society are simply about corruption and theft. They exist because the government cares nothing about the people or their interests, and because the government works not for the people, but for the big money interests that bribe them.

In my non-lawyer opinion, Congress does NOT have the power to grant patents and copyrights when their use would do the exact opposite. As such, any use of a patent or copyright which retards the progress of science or the useful arts cannot be allowed by Congress.