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A comment on Moderna waiving Intellectual Property rights for the remainder of the pandemic (2020).

Re:Moderna waiving Intellectual Property rights for the rema... by Clewza313 on Monday April 26, 2021 @08:34AM (#26941823)
A critical view of this pledge, separately posted on HN:

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/04/moderna-patents-covid-19-...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26941571

TL;DR: Patents these days are effectively worthless at reproducing the invention, they only function as a legal way to stop competitors.

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Re:Moderna waiving Intellectual Property rights for the rema... by ncmncm on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:17AM (#26942195)
On the up side, the patented technique, including even the "withheld" parts, ought to be worthless by the time it expires, anyway.

We need legislation to eliminate withholding essential parts of what is patented.

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Re:Moderna waiving Intellectual Property rights for the rema... by tony0x02 on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:51AM (#26942476)
> We need legislation to eliminate withholding essential parts of what is patented.

That is the purpose of 35 usc 112 1st paragraph.

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