[Gllug] Patents *again*

[salsaman]

Paul Rayner wrote:

>
> On 18 Jan 2006, at 22:33, Peter Childs wrote:
>
>> Now I read that Patents Kill. Not nessessary software patents but  
>> Medical ones make developing drugs very expensive and hence slow 
>> down  research and hence are killing thousands every day.
>
>
> So if the medical patents weren't granted, who would spend the money  
> required for the development of new drugs? I agree that the system  
> isn't perfect, but like capitalism in general, nobody has come up 
> with  a realistic, better alternative. Pharmaceuticals wouldn't spend 
> the  sums they do on drug development if the patent system wasn't 
> there to  protect their investment. I think that if you left all 
> medical research  to governments, scrapping medical patents, the rate 
> of development  would be much slower.
>
You seem to be under the misapprehension that patents are only granted 
on drugs. That is not so - see this article:

http://www.pubpat.org/LabCorp_Position_Statement.htm


I am curious to know if you think it is productive to allow these type 
of patents to be granted ?

Regards,
Salsaman.
http://lives.sourceforge.net

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