You're going way off on a tangent from the article. Some people innovate because it's their desire, that's irrelevant to the economic argument that patents encourage research departments.
That the current implementation of patents is highly flawed doesn't affect that basic fact.
>Some people innovate because it's their desire, that's irrelevant to the economic argument that patents encourage research departments.
It's highly relevant. If the patent system is being given credit for innovation taking place that would have taken place anyway, maybe it should be dismantled or at least heavily scaled back.
That the current implementation of patents is highly flawed doesn't affect that basic fact.