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Re:Leaked: What's in TPP’s intellectual property chapter by rayiner on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @07:10PM (#9815876)
I'm using the limiting cases to illustrate the incentives of the parties, not as a characterization of the actual argument being made. My point is that Doctors without Borders and the USTR serve different constituencies with conflicting interests.

As for getting "paid fairly" I disagree with the general notion that companies that make unimportant things should get paid "what the market will bear" while companies that make important things should get "paid fairly." I think that creates perverse incentives.

Re:Leaked: What's in TPP’s intellectual property chapter by saint_fiasco on Wednesday July 01, 2015 @09:53PM (#9816459)
"What the market will bear" is actually pretty low in this case (medicine for the people helped by Doctors without Borders). The whole point of patents is to artificially reduce supply to increase the price.