Speaking about ideas, it is not only IPR's that are responsible for an inefficient production of bright innovative ideas. There are many other ingredients which might be even more influential; an educational system which provides knowledge but not a capability for independent thinking, an ever narrowing scope of interests of engineers, a lack of culture that stimulates innovation, and so forth. Young talented people want an MBA, not an engineering degree. Professors at universities act more as company executives fighting over project budgets, than scientists. Academic research is afraid of risky projects and prefers playing it safe. IPR's are just a tip of the iceberg and, perhaps, not the most important one.

The real contradiction is not with Intellectual Property, but sits at a higher level; between invention and business. In the current environment, to be effective in generating new ideas we need a well-stimulated free and open idea exchange, but to create a successful business this exchange cannot be free, nor open. To solve this contradiction we need to create conditions by which free and open idea exchange stimulate and protect business. IPR's and patents are just one of these conditions, and its current implementation seems to be outdated. 

Speaking about ideas, it is not only IPR's that are responsible for an inefficient production of bright innovative ideas. There are many other ingredients which might be even more influential; an educational system which provides knowledge but not a capability for independent thinking, an ever narrowing scope of interests of engineers, a lack of culture that stimulates innovation, and so forth. Young talented people want an MBA, not an engineering degree. Professors at universities act more as company executives fighting over project budgets, than scientists. Academic research is afraid of risky projects and prefers playing it safe. IPR's are just a tip of the iceberg and, perhaps, not the most important one.

The real contradiction is not with Intellectual Property, but sits at a higher level; between invention and business. In the current environment, to be effective in generating new ideas we need a well-stimulated free and open idea exchange, but to create a successful business this exchange cannot be free, nor open. To solve this contradiction we need to create conditions by which free and open idea exchange stimulate and protect business. IPR's and patents are just one of these conditions, and its current implementation seems to be outdated.