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From: Peter C on 24 Sep 2008 09:00
Are diabetic treatments being held back by this ?...

"Life-saving scientific research is being stifled by a "broken" patent
system, according to a new report.

"Blocking patents" are delaying advances in cancer medicine and food crops,
says the Canada-based Innovation Partnership, a non-profit consultancy.

The full benefits of synthetic biology and nanotechnology will not be
realised without urgent reforms to encourage sharing of information, they
say."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7632318.stm


From: Bernard Peek on 24 Sep 2008 14:52
In message <gbe0p1$j3c$1(a)aioe.org>, Peter C <espresso(a)europe.com> writes
>Are diabetic treatments being held back by this ?...
>
>"Life-saving scientific research is being stifled by a "broken" patent
>system, according to a new report.
>
>"Blocking patents" are delaying advances in cancer medicine and food crops,
>says the Canada-based Innovation Partnership, a non-profit consultancy.
>
>The full benefits of synthetic biology and nanotechnology will not be
>realised without urgent reforms to encourage sharing of information, they
>say."
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7632318.stm

There's certainly a good case for reviewing the patent system and making
some changes, but it will be easy to throw the baby out with the
bathwater.


--
Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.

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