Mises Wire
Author:
Stephan Kinsella
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It’s somewhat striking that modern libertarian advocates of patent rights seem blithely unaware of the utterly monopolistic, completely unlibertarian origin of “patent grants” by English monarchs. At the very least, they ought to be a bit uncomfortable that patents arose in this manner. [Note: Update: Patent-Seeking as a Defensive Move — Then, and