Re: The Basic Question: Why??

From: Mark Voorhees <markvoor[_at_]phantom.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 17:58:36 -0500 (EST)

On Tue, 1 Mar 1994, Michael L Winkelman Patent-Midland 517-636-8449 wrote: 

>

> Has anyone ever given any serious thought recently as
> to why there is such a TIME difference between
> copyright and patent protection periods?

This is a guess. Patents have a monopoly on independent creation, while copyrights don't. Therefore, patents have shorter lifespans. They are more sweeping.

Mark Voorhees
<markvoor[_at_]phantom.com> Received on Tue Mar 01 1994 - 23:03:59 GMT

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