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Quote by Arthur Ernest Bishop
The patent system plays an essential role for the innovator in preventing others pirating his ideas before he has had time to perfect them.
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The quote says that patents protect an innovator’s idea from being copied while it is still being developed. This protection gives the innovator time to improve and perfect the idea before others can profit from it. The patent system is therefore presented as an important safeguard during the gap between creating an invention and finishing it.
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- Madderns, “Steering the way – Arthur Bishop (1917–2006)”
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