ARE PATENTS THE DUMBEST IDEA EVER?
October 25, 2026 3:26 PM
A black engineer is revolutionising energy – by converting plastics into fuel. And, amazingly, Julian Brown has made his discoveries available to all so that they can use and improve them. But he says even if he’d just been interested in making money rather than helping humanity, the big corporations would have been able just to steal his idea. As he explains here, patents offer no protection.
The secret is “trade secrets”.
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