Comments on: And Now For Something Completely Different — Options instead of Property https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2982 2002-2015 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:13:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 By: ansible https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2982#comment-10691 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 21:13:19 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2005/06/and_now_for_something_complete.html#comment-10691 Another option would be to treat Intellectual Property more like real property.

Namely, property taxes. You would base assesments on how valuable the property is, how much revenue it generates, etc.

So a patent that just sits in your portfolio doesn’t cost too much. When it is incorporated into a product, the value increases. When you sue someone over it, the value goes up accordingly.

Ansible

]]> By: Marc Perkel https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2982#comment-10690 Wed, 08 Jun 2005 14:18:34 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2005/06/and_now_for_something_complete.html#comment-10690 I tend to agree that couples forming unions should sign off and agree to each right individually. There should be a required prenup that is binding and that there should be a 90 day waiting period between the filing of the paperwork and granting of the final union.

]]> By: M. Mortazavi https://archives.lessig.org/?p=2982#comment-10689 Tue, 07 Jun 2005 20:22:03 +0000 http://lessig.org/blog/2005/06/and_now_for_something_complete.html#comment-10689 Sounds like a neat idea! Might you have also published papers that might be more easily available for study and review? I wonder if you noticed the article in today’s Financial Times focused on publishing vs. recording businesses, and how technology has shifted the balance of power from one to the other over time.

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