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Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by arcticbull on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:26AM (#24896479)
> The point is that we should reconsider giving (temporary) monopolies to companies that are based public research.

Now we can disagree on term length, but, a temporary monopoly to a company is what a patent is defined as and lasts 20 years.

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Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by brlewis on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:44AM (#24896680)
Patents are one tool to promote the progress of science and useful arts. Publicly funded research is a different tool. Usually, patents are based on privately funded research.
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Re:Vaccine hopes rise as Oxford jab prompts immune response ... by eumenides1 on Monday October 26, 2020 @03:27PM (#24900200)
the problem is for a competitor to emerge, they have to do a lot of work after X years.

My proposal is to have a company parallel develop processes so we can have competitor after expiry immediately. The competitor can't profit from it, but it can do work at 0 cost.

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