Why did Fuller apply for patents?
In Critical Path p. 149 Fuller writes: “I did not take out the patents to make money but only to document and demonstrate what the inventive little individual can accomplish, and to prove documentably the socioeconomic existence of such unique industrialization lags. … “Now that I have proven that an individual can be world-effective while eschewing either money or political advantage-making, I do my best to discourage others from taking patents, which almost never `pay-off’ to the inventor. My patent taking was to effect a `bridgehead’ accreditation to more effective employment of humanity’s potentials.” [From Kirby Urner.] Highly recommended: “The Economy of Ideas: A framework for rethinking patents and copyrights in the Digital Age (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong).” By John Perry Barlow in the March 94 issue of WIRED. Barlow is co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and lyricist for the Grateful Dead. “Perhaps those who are part of the pro
In Critical Path p. 149 Fuller writes: “I did not take out the patents to make money but only to document and demonstrate what the inventive little individual can accomplish, and to prove documentably the socioeconomic existence of such unique industrialization lags. … “Now that I have proven that an individual can be world-effective while eschewing either money or political advantage-making, I do my best to discourage others from taking patents, which almost never `pay-off’ to the inventor. My patent taking was to effect a `bridgehead’ accreditation to more effective employment of humanity’s potentials.” [From Kirby Urner.] Highly recommended: “The Economy of Ideas: A framework for rethinking patents and copyrights in the Digital Age (Everything you know about intellectual property is wrong).” By John Perry Barlow in the March 94 issue of WIRED. Barlow is co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and lyricist for the Grateful Dead. “Perhaps those who are part of the pro
