By: Riaz K Tayob

Riaz K Tayob — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:19:24 +0000

This is certainly a good move, but perhaps this is a government where the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing (alternatively it knows it too well!)… This may be a stimulus for action, and one hopes that it is… however, many big companies have refused to acknowledge that there are any problems with the market system for IPRs, and hence no need to do anything… The US overpaid for drugs for use for “non-commercial” humanitarian purposes on HIV and perhaps this is just a bailout in disguise. However, it is an important acknowledgement that the patent system is affecting diffusion (although not even WIPO cares about the monopoly rights vs info sharing transaction anymore, its all about investment)…

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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:11:16 +0000

[...] is aimed at public health or quality-of-life issues affected the poor, the patent office said in a statement [...]

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