@c_ratcliffe

There's one problem with that.

Here in the US the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and nearly all IP attorneys are owned by the wealthy and politically connected, so that their decisions are pretty much arbitrary at this point. Even when you sue, the courts are the same way, nealy always deciding in favor of the wealthy/politically connected.

So a NGO like that wouldn't be able to effectively enforce their IP.

IP = intellectual property