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Re:E-commerce will evolve next month as Amazon loses the 1-C... by Invictus0 on Friday August 18, 2017 @06:02PM (#15050108)
> When multi-billion dollar companies are gaining government sanctioned exclusivity to something through a patent, something seems off.

So, in your world, why would a medical research lab spend billions researching and developing new drugs, spend years going through regulatory approval and testing, only to have their drug be sold for pennies as a generic?

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Re:E-commerce will evolve next month as Amazon loses the 1-C... by 27182818284 on Friday August 18, 2017 @06:46PM (#15050342)
This comes up as an example a lot. The solution is not to eliminate patents, but just to get rid of a one-size-fits-all patent. Medical patents shouldn't be on the same footing as a software patent. For example, you could maybe ask for a FDA-Approved-Drug-Patent which would be different than new-roller-skates patent.
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