I'm homeless, jobless and deeply in debt. Can I puleez sue myself for five mil and have the state pay me damages? Pleeeeez, can I huh, pleeezz?
Edit: I am wondering if the folks downvoting me even looked at the infographic. It literally lists someone suing themselves for five million and expecting the state to pay the damages on the grounds that he can't afford it.
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Of course India shouldn't! Why should they? Why would anyone want to pay for something that cost billions of dollars to be discovered now that it is discovered. We should all steal! </sarcasm>
Just like the US violated European patents during our Industrial Revolution, India, China, and other emerging markets violate our patents and copyrights to fuel their own economic growth. Really, the best we can hope for is that they'll start producing their own worthwhile research which we can license in 10-20 years.
Ah, I like this comment. Very few people realize that progress in other countries actually means that the pie just gets bigger, although that's hard to see in the short run