Most countries you could think off operate within PCT laws.
While I had heard about the Mickey Mouse treaty I never dug into it too much, there are different patent for different stuff I think the personal protection characters that are the face of something (like Mickey Mouse) are some of the most outrageous long term patent.
But for technology most patent only last 20 years and while I won't get into the nitty gritty of how patent protection works its mostly done to protect big companies from spending alot of money on RnD and then having there competitors steal the done invention and profit from it.
Big techs are in general lenient when a pop a mom shop infringes on an ip within the 20 years period.
Just wanted to clear things up, most inventions that you guys could think up that would be patentable are only for 20 years not 100.
Patents in tech from what I know are valid for 20 years and that includes all countries that operate with PCT (patent cooperation treaty)
https://www.wipo.int/pct/en/
Most countries you could think off operate within PCT laws.
While I had heard about the Mickey Mouse treaty I never dug into it too much, there are different patent for different stuff I think the personal protection characters that are the face of something (like Mickey Mouse) are some of the most outrageous long term patent.
But for technology most patent only last 20 years and while I won't get into the nitty gritty of how patent protection works its mostly done to protect big companies from spending alot of money on RnD and then having there competitors steal the done invention and profit from it.
Big techs are in general lenient when a pop a mom shop infringes on an ip within the 20 years period.
Just wanted to clear things up, most inventions that you guys could think up that would be patentable are only for 20 years not 100.