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Re: Anthrax worse than AIDS?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:39:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Horst Lehner writes:
> ... or why foreign patents are less important than US patents
Foreign patents are no less important than US patents in my view and that of
Mr. Goldberg
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-goldberg102501.shtml
> To me it seems the US are trying to save some money in this case, whereas
> they did just about everything to protect their own profits with anti AIDS
> products. This even extends beyond enforcing their patents, in that they
> threatened with economic war in at least one case where a country wanted to
> manufacture their own anti AIDS drugs *without* violating US patents.
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> National emergency? Doesn't this apply a lot more to some countries with
> high numbers of HIV positive people, than to the US with a few Anthrax cases
> right now [1]?
Mr. Goldberg makes the argument that this attempt to steal Bayer's property
is part of a larger and more insidious effort to dilute patents in general.
I think he may be on to something.
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| (...) I agree. This really does illustrate the importance of IP. However, that argument should be held separate from that surrounding those profiteering based on the current situation... in my view. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| ... or why foreign patents are less important than US patents To me it seems the US are trying to save some money in this case, whereas they did just about everything to protect their own profits with anti AIDS products. This even extends beyond (...) (23 years ago, 25-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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