2. Banning patents is critical.

Anti-patents are intended for startups that determine, as an individual basis, that they are better off without the patent system entirely. As a true opt-out, the grant of an anti-patent precludes such entities for receiving any patents on any subject matter during the immunity period.52 Additionally, the prohibition against patenting is critical to increase the public benefit from the proposed program. The information in an anti-patent can be learned, replicated, and varied by those inside and outside the relevant field. This system permits immediate and meaningful dissemination of new technical solutions in an enabled form. This program allows a period of unconstrained creativity within a technology space, and the fruits of that work are then distributed to the public in the form of commercialized products.