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> I hope Defkalion's technology is original. It very well may be. But if it > is not, it is a shame that they did not simply pay Rossi earlier in 2011 so > they could continue working together. Instead, if 2 or 3 is true, Rossi may > be able to use legal means to stop them from using the tech without > permission. > Regardless of whether Defkalion's technology is original or not, a series of positive results would be a beautiful day for mankind. Andrea Rossi has submitted patent applications and has obtained at least one patent. If he has been forthright with his applications, he will have recourse to legal protection for any potential infringement. I personally think the patent system is fatally flawed, and I haven't the slightest sympathy for the idea of "intellectual property." All kinds of things are patented that you could have thought up yourself, and in the process legal impediments are introduced into the creation of new technology without which the process would be purely creative. The system is set up to permit large corporations to raise high barriers to entry, and no legitimacy beyond that of money underlies the patent battles and the patent trolls that one sees these days, because if you have enough money you can purchase the patent bundles and hire the lawyers to enter into that whole game. The only part that ethics plays in any of this in my opinion relates to one's desire to be law abiding, even when some areas of it are inherently illegitimate. Eric
