Funny enough the first documented IP right occurred 1474 in Venice, the beginning of the Renaissance.
However, it can be discussed whether there really was an exponential increase in inventions during that time.
Also, I did not say that IP rights started the development but that it correlates. Causation and correlation should not be mixed up. Whether IP rights caused the exponential growth or the exponential growth made it necessary to protect the ideas I don't know.
Maybe look at the time since when inventions grew exponentially and you'll see that it correlates with IP protection.
Every protected IP right may be an incentive for someone to circumvent it thereby generating new ideas/inventions.
There is no black and white. Some exploit the IP rights but this should be a reason for politics to amend the law so that the exploit is no longer possible. Hate the player, not the game.
Ich müsste es mal gegenchecken, um ganz sicher zu sein, aber meiner Meinung nach ist die Überschrift irreführend. Deutschland mag bei der Anzahl an Patentanmeldungen in Europa (beim EPA) zweiter sein, aber weltweit sind sie es nicht.
Not being on time. Having enough going on, I don't want to waste my time waiting for someone.