[Meme] Inventors as 'Robots' in the Western World and Global South
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2021-08-08 12:56:33 UTC
- Modified: 2021-08-09 01:44:00 UTC
Should we also award copyrights to dead people and their great grandchildren? Will that improve creativity?
![Patents for bots in EPO, UK-IPO, and USPTO; Bots in South Africa and Australia](http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/patent-bots.jpg)
When you hype up "Hey Hi" and start calling every computer program "Hey Hi"
Summary: The Global North and Global South have both said "OK" to patents that clearly don't advance innovation (nor do they reward people)