Comments on: Nathan Myhrvold: Bottom-Up Thinker? http://timothyblee.com/2009/09/08/nathan-myhrvold-bottom-up-thinker/ A Blog by Timothy B. Lee Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:37:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Timothy B Lee http://timothyblee.com/2009/09/08/nathan-myhrvold-bottom-up-thinker/comment-page-1/#comment-1636 Timothy B Lee Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:17:04 +0000 http://timothyblee.com/?p=834#comment-1636 No. An industry might be highly concentrated for reasons that have nothing to do with the patent system. Some categories of technology are highly capital-intensive to develop, or there might be other regulations that create high barriers to entry. Pharma is probably the best example. I'm not advocating that industry concentration be an explicit legal standard for patentability. But it's something policymakers should look at when crafting the rules for patentability. No. An industry might be highly concentrated for reasons that have nothing to do with the patent system. Some categories of technology are highly capital-intensive to develop, or there might be other regulations that create high barriers to entry. Pharma is probably the best example.

I’m not advocating that industry concentration be an explicit legal standard for patentability. But it’s something policymakers should look at when crafting the rules for patentability.

]]> By: Pete http://timothyblee.com/2009/09/08/nathan-myhrvold-bottom-up-thinker/comment-page-1/#comment-1634 Pete Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:10:22 +0000 http://timothyblee.com/?p=834#comment-1634 I see what you're geting at, but isn't the idea that patents work in industries that are already highly concentrated a bit of a circular argument? I see what you’re geting at, but isn’t the idea that patents work in industries that are already highly concentrated a bit of a circular argument?

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