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Patent law was designed for giant companies to stop other giant companies from using their stuff.

Nobody could really "publish" things on their own.

And the fact that it's overbearing for normal people is now a feature rather than a bug.

Patent law has evolved into that - but it was designed for independent creators to stand up to giant corporations that want to steal their stuff.

It is terrible as it exists today but some form of device patenting needs to exist.