TASKS Patents & inventions
The patent procedure organises and controls the process of human invention. This enshrines the idea of 'intellectual property' - that if you have thought up a new idea, or written a book or a song, you have a right to profit from that original creation: it is 'yours'. Patents assert the idea that someone who comes up with a creative new idea deserves to be rewarded. In short, human ingenuity is valuable. What...