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new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit 0 comments fender stratocaster guitar using copyright to attack competitors and users by stephan kinsella on june 11 2026 cross posted at pfs blog congrats pro ip libertarians this is the kind of fascist bullshit you support https t co om2wrqibri stephan kinsella nskinsella june 11 2026 continue reading share this share email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x print opens in new window print share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit 0 comments the loophole drug makers use to keep prices high by stephan kinsella on may 26 2026 related all by kinsella patents pharma government the unholy alliance brownstone institute april 1 2024 the overwhelming empirical case against patent and copyright tabarrok and murphy why are us drug prices so high intellectual property rights as negative servitudes intellectual property advocates hate competition are patents and copyrights monopolies ip rights as monopolistic grants to overcome the public goods problem decouple trade and ip protection brownstone institute dec 4 2024 the china stealing ip myth free trade pacts export u s copyright controls patents and pharmaceuticals fda and patent reform a modest proposal may 5 2023 are patents needed to make up for fda kneecapping july 2 2011 kol469 haman nature hn 149 tabarrok on patents price controls and drug reimportation optimal patent and copyright term length tabarrok patent policy on the back of a napkin classical liberals libertarians anarchists and others on intellectual property pharmaceutical shills and think tank corruption sally pipes s the world s medicine chest how america achieved pharmaceutical supremacy and how to keep it hello you ve been referred here because you re wrong about intellectual property ip can t be socialistic since the soviet union didn t recognize ip law see lawrence wilson and sylvia xu t he loophole drug makers use to keep prices high how pharmaceutical companies use the patent system to delay generic drugs from coming to market epoch times in depth premium reports may 24 2026 decent article of course it hypocritically whines about patent law abuse while using the equally evil 1 copyright law and paywalls to block people from reading this information so i post only a snippet and a grok summary below 2 the article is wrong to refer to this as a loophole this is just sleazy clickbait since the word does not even appear in the article using patent law as it is written is not a loophole nor is it abuse the thing the thing the thing itself is the abuse h t burke no this is just the normal response of market actors to a patent system if you give free food to people you on da the welfare as eddie murphy would say they will take it like hogs to a trough if you give market actors the ability to use state force to hobble competitors by acquiring patents they ll do it welfare recipient are not the problem patent applicants are not the the problem the problem is the state stealing from taxpayers and granting patents and the confused citizens and intellectuals who support this robbery yes dorothy patents are theft 3 i would say h t proudhon but but while he said property is theft 4 it is not clear that he opposed ip any more than other stupid socialists oppose ip 5 so the subtitle is correct how pharmaceutical companies use the patent system to delay generic drugs from coming to market why wouldn t they what do you expect it s not a loophole soylent green is people continue reading patent vs copyright which is worse we are all copyright criminals john tehranian s infringement nation intellectual property rights as negative servitudes classical liberals libertarians anarchists and others on intellectual property hello you ve been referred here because you re wrong about intellectual property ip can t be socialistic since the soviet union didn t recognize ip law share this share email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x print opens in new window print share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit 1 comment the purpose of law justice and property rights vs ip rights and optimizing innovation by stephan kinsella on may 22 2026 from my webnote series related the overwhelming empirical case against patent and copyright legal scholars thumbs down on patent and copyright intellectual property s great fallacy mark lemley the very basis of our patent system is a myth ip law and market failure richard epstein s takings political theory versus epstein s intellectual property views richard epstein s takings theory of the state email to richard epstein tension between takings framework and ip views intellectual property advocates hate competition the universal principles of liberty the fundamental principles of justice on property rights in superabundant bananas and property rights as normative support for possession libertarian and lockean creationism creation as a source of wealth not property rights hayek s fund of experience the distinction between scarce means and knowledge as guides to action the problem with intellectual property from various posts at c4sif org and stephankinsella com the problem with intellectual property i tire of people repeating over and over again that we need ip because without it there would be no innovation etc i have pointed out to them over and over that not only is this false 1 but that it misconceives the purpose of law itself it imagines that there are market failures and imperfections 2 such as holdout problems and free riders 3 and too much competition 4 and that the state is therefore justified in intervening in engaging in what are in effect takings in attempt to grow the size of the pie of course this never works because a there are no market failures b even if there are they are dwarfed by political failure i e the solution is worse than the problem but it also assumes that if the state could intervene and make things better in some vague sense that this is justified but this misconceives the purpose of law it is is to do justice by recognizing identifying defining respecting and protecting property rights 5 ip law violates property rights 6 it is the opposite of justice it is a perversion of law and justice continue reading the overwhelming empirical case against patent and copyright legal scholars thumbs down on patent and copyright intellectual property s great fallacy mark lemley the very basis of our patent system is a myth ip law and market failure richard epstein s takings political theory versus epstein s intellectual property views richard epstein s takings theory of the state email to richard epstein tension between takings framework and ip views intellectual property advocates hate competition as justinian himself said justice is the constant and perpetual wish to render every one his due the maxims of law are these to live honestly to hurt no one to give every one his due thomas ed 1975 book 1 title 1 see also the universal principles of liberty the fundamental principles of justice the fundamental principles of justice intellectual property rights as negative servitudes share this share email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x print opens in new window print share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit 0 comments lisa ramsey trademarks and free speech by stephan kinsella on may 17 2026 related kinsella defamation as a type of intellectual property in a life in liberty liber amicorum in honor of hans hermann hoppe edited by jörg guido hülsmann stephan kinsella houston texas papinian press 2024 the patent copyright trademark and trade secret horror files defamation as a type of intellectual property in a life in liberty liber amicorum in honor of hans hermann hoppe edited by jörg guido hülsmann stephan kinsella houston texas papinian press 2024 kol485 the brownstone show with jeffrey tucker defamation and intellectual property the velvet elvis and other trademark absurdities taylor swift files trademark to protect her voice and likeness against ai misuse trademark ain t so hot either trademark and fraud discussion with george reisman copyright is unconstitutional trademark too the velvet elvis and other trademark absurdities kol483 the economics and ethics of intellectual property loyola university new orleans classificationism legislation copyright federal judges aren t real judges another problem with legislation james carter v the field codes re the tension between free speech and trademark like other tensions such as the tension between patent and competition between patent and copyright law and monopolies and antitrust law antitrust vs trademark law price controls antitrust and patents july 2011 antitrust vs trademark law june 2011 the schizo feds patent monopolies and the ftc aug 2006 the schizophrenic state jan 2006 ip vs antitrust sept 2005 the microsoft apple gesture oligopoly controls breed controls monopolies breed monopolies when antitrust and patents collide rambus v ftc trademarks and free speech conflicts and resolutions cipil evening seminar cambridge lecture by lisa p ramsey author of trademarks and free speech conflicts and resolutions cambridge 2026 continue reading share this share email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x print opens in new window print share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit 0 comments the nature properties and characteristics of goods igloo coolers case by stephan kinsella on may 17 2026 from my webnote series related classificationism legislation copyright federal judges aren t real judges another problem with legislation james carter v the field codes the non aggression principle as a limit on action not on property rights individuals are responsible for actions not for their property property rights are not obligations or responsibilities on conflictability and conflictable resources the ontology mistake of libertarian creationists hardy bouillon a note on intellectual property and externalities stephan kinsella against intellectual property after twenty years looking back and looking forward in legal foundations of a free society lffs houston texas papinian press 2023 n30 reply to van dun non aggression and title transfer in lffs sarah isgur and david french scotus clears way for alabama to use congressional map advisory opinions may 14 2026 at 38 21 vericool world llc v igloo products corp no 24 192 9th cir may 6 2026 govinfo pdf john rearick other barks bites for friday may 8 split ninth circuit panel nixes false representation claims ipwatchdog com may 8 2026 rebecca tushnet dastar bars false advertising claim against first of its kind ads rebecca tushnet s blog dec 15 2023 jeff greenbaum who made the first biodegradable cooler advertising law blog frankfurt kurnit klein selz pc may 11 2026 interesting recent case discussed by sarah isgur and david french in advisory opinions 1 vericool world llc v igloo products corp 9th cir may 6 2026 2 continue reading david french scotus clears way for alabama to use congressional map advisory opinions may 14 2026 at 38 21 vericool world llc v igloo products corp no 24 192 9th cir may 6 2026 govinfo pdf a ninth circuit opinion affirming summary judgment and holding that first to market claims are not actionable under the lanham act trademark law as they concern the origin of an idea rather than observable product characteristics for commentary see john rearick other barks bites for friday may 8 split ninth circuit panel nixes false representation claims ipwatchdog com may 8 2026 solid summary of the split decision majority s tangible vs intangible line bumatay dissent on plain meaning and patent law overlap concerns rebecca tushnet dastar bars false advertising claim against first of its kind ads rebecca tushnet s blog dec 15 2023 analysis of the district court ruling framing it as a dastar based bar on false advertising claims for first of its kind ads jeff greenbaum who made the first biodegradable cooler advertising law blog frankfurt kurnit klein selz pc may 11 2026 practical analysis of the ninth circuit holding lanham act limits and implications for advertisers making priority originality claims share this share email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on facebook opens in new window facebook share on x opens in new window x print opens in new window print share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on reddit opens in new window reddit 0 comments lunney on trademark expansion and the natural right to copy by stephan kinsella on may 12 2026 related legal scholars thumbs down on patent and copyright texas a m formerly tulane law professor glynn lunney glynn s lunney jr trademark monopolies emory l j 48 1999 367 487 glynn s lunney jr a natural right to copy boston university law review forthcoming texas a m university school of law legal studies research paper no 19 42 25 posted 20 aug 2019 glynn lunney copyright s excess tedxtamu copyright the new mercantilism grok summary of lunney on ip summary of the two attached papers by glynn s lunney jr 1 trademark monopolies emory law journal 1999 this is a major scholarly critique of the expansion of u s trademark law in the second half of the 20th century lunney traces trademark doctrine from its early 18th mid 20th century roots where courts and commentators including edward chamberlin s theory of monopolistic competition treated trademarks as a form of monopoly that required careful limits to avoid harming competition early trademark protection was justified primarily on deception based grounds preventing consumer confusion about the source of goods so that buyers could match their preferences to products accurately this served an efficiency function better information quality incentives while still allowing workable or fair competition lunney argues that since the mid 1950s especially after the lanham act trademark law has undergone a profound shift toward property based protection courts and commentators increasingly treat the trademark itself as a valuable asset product worth protecting independent of any source identifying function this has produced expansion of protectable subject matter e g more trade dress slogans colors 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