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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 18:07:04 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Horst Lehner writes:
> > ... or why foreign patents are less important than US patents
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> Foreign patents are no less important than US patents in my view
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
> and that of
> Mr. Goldberg
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> http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-goldberg102501.shtml
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> > 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]?
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> 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.
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> I think he may be on to something.
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| (...) Foreign patents are no less important than US patents in my view and that of Mr. Goldberg (URL)To me it seems the US are trying to save some money in this case, whereas (...) Mr. Goldberg makes the argument that this attempt to steal Bayer's (...) (25 years ago, 31-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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