Does the patent destroy the non-competitiveness or non-exclusiveness of knowledge?
Patents destroy the non-competitiveness and non-exclusivity of knowledge. The attributes of knowledge products are very similar to those of public products, both of which are non-competitive and non-exclusive, which leads to the tragic fate of the commons. In order to avoid this situation, human beings invented the intellectual property protection system, which made it exclusive and competitive in the form of property rights, thus greatly stimulating the production of knowledge.