☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoChina filed 25% more patents than the U.S. in 2023 — heavily sanctioned Huawei led all companies worldwide despite banswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up175arrow-down1external-linkChina filed 25% more patents than the U.S. in 2023 — heavily sanctioned Huawei led all companies worldwide despite banswww.tomshardware.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoI mean if we lived in a post capitalist world, yeah I’d love to see the concept of patents abolished. But in the world as it is today, they are an indirect measure of technological development.
minus-squaremuslimmarxist [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months ago they are an indirect measure of technological development. I don’t even believe this is true. There is plenty of literature out there about how # of patents =/= innovation (or even tangentially relate to it).
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoSeems to be in line with the fact that China now tops U.S. in quantity and quality of scientific papers https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Science/China-tops-U.S.-in-quantity-and-quality-of-scientific-papers
minus-squarejaden@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoUseful for a measure, not a quota.
I mean if we lived in a post capitalist world, yeah I’d love to see the concept of patents abolished. But in the world as it is today, they are an indirect measure of technological development.
I don’t even believe this is true. There is plenty of literature out there about how # of patents =/= innovation (or even tangentially relate to it).
Seems to be in line with the fact that China now tops U.S. in quantity and quality of scientific papers https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Science/China-tops-U.S.-in-quantity-and-quality-of-scientific-papers
Useful for a measure, not a quota.