You sound like a Democrat who doesn’t understand free market economies.
You sound like someone who has no argument and has to resort to simple insults.
Since when do force and government monopolies constitute free markets?
Since when do property rights simply expire?
Nice try... And on the surface, a convincing argument by you.
However, patents ARE “Intellectual Property Rights.”
Here’s more reading for the misinformed:
http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2017/02/25/debunking-myth-patents-create-monopoly/id=78756/
Whether or not you agree that a patent is a monopoly, what do you think will happen to pharmaceutical innovation if patent protection is cut short to only 3 years as you short-sightedly suggested?
Answer: You’ll see a drastic reduction in pharmaceutical innovation. That’s why I said there would be a free-market capitalist response to what you’re suggesting (3 year patent limit).
Do you really want less innovation? How about patent rights for engineering inventions? What’s the incentive to invent anything if there’s no intellectual property rights for your inventions which are your property.
A socialist/Democrap would say your ideas and your brilliance are the property of “the collective” as soon as you invent your widget.