... the patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius.
This book is the story of the steam engine, the industrial revolution, and how the patents system fueled that.
I'm amazed how little the system around the patented inventions has changed in 200 years. When the steam engine was being invented, there were patent trolls, people stealing ideas without paying for them, people working around patents, the list goes on. Replace "steam engine" with any modern technology, and those stories could be told again today.
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