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=Economists Call for Abolishing US Patents=
The paper: http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.27.1.3
Economists call for abolishing US Patents: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/05/patent-reform-economists_n_2623537.html
=Cornish Steam Engine Case=
The Cornish engine appears to the be the first case of open source hardware and shows some data on innovation rates in the presence and absence of patents.
The Cornish engine appears to the be the first case of open source hardware and shows some data on innovation rates in the presence and absence of patents.



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Economists Call for Abolishing US Patents

The paper: http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.27.1.3

Economists call for abolishing US Patents: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/05/patent-reform-economists_n_2623537.html

Cornish Steam Engine Case

The Cornish engine appears to the be the first case of open source hardware and shows some data on innovation rates in the presence and absence of patents.

http://www.thefreemanonline.org/features/do-patents-encourage-or-hinder-innovation-the-case-of-the-steam-engine/

http://p2pfoundation.net/Open_Innovation_in_the_18th_Century_Cornish_Tin_Mines