Posted Wednesday 4th July 2007 12:26 GMT
It's dead easy
Grant patents, but make them shorter. No more than five years for anything that can be duplicated easily, and the item then enters the public domain thereafter (ie you give up copyright protection if you get a patent).
Then people can decide whether to use patents, or plain and simple copyright.
Then you'll see if there is a great drop off in 'innovation'. I very much doubt it.