When someone is able to ban production of something simply because it is rectangular with rounded corners then the balance between encouraging originalinnovation and secondary innovation seems to have been upset.
Two world-class universities, Stanford and Berkeley, seeped in a balance of engineering and the humanities set the original stage out of which successful innovation emerged.
Because each new crop of soybeans inherits the patented genetic innovation built into the original seeds, growers who wish to use these seeds agree to buy new seeds and sign a licensing agreement to use them only once.