Antonio Perez Quotes
We have more patents on pigmented inks than anybody else.
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There had been so many patents filed that some Senators felt there would be a diminishing need for the Patent Office as most things that could be invented were already invented.
In the War of 1812, in retaliation of English facilities being attacked by Americans in Canada, the British raided Washington DC and burned the White House. They had also set up a battery of cannon in front of the Patent Office building—one of the most impressive in Washington—and were about to destroy it. The Superintendent came out with this speech. The British officer ordered the cannon removed and the Patent Office with its models was saved.
Many people believe that patents—especially in the high technology arena—actually inhibit innovation.
This is a very important quotation in the Patent world. One of the major justifications for giving patent monopoly to an inventor is that without the patent protection people would not invest time, effort or money to invent things. However many of the great inventors have not agreed. The original Constitutional purpose in granting patents was to stimulate disclosure of technology to other inventors and educate the nation. That is why all patents are public and can be viewed by all.
What is ironic about this fact is that 1000 years ago, the Muslim Middle East was scientifically and mathematically far in advance of Europe. However, after about 1100 AD, the Muslim religion began to lose its intellectual tolerance and cultural appreciation for science and innovation to the point where innovation of any kind was regarded as heresy, and the logic and empiricism that was present in early Islam disappeared, and there has been little scientific innovation and progress in traditional Arab Islamic nations ever since.
Antonio Pérez (1534–1611) was a Spanish statesman, secretary of king Philip II of Spain.
