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RT @CharlesOppenh: Short thread. In my view compulsory licensing of patents in an emergency should not just be possible (it’s often built i…
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Short thread. In my view compulsory licensing of patents in an emergency should not just be possible (it’s often built into the law) but also routinely used, & © law should permit compulsory licences in an emergency
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RT @petersuber: 1/ The term of patents is much shorter than the term of copyrights, but can still be lethally long. From @c_timmermann, 20…
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1/ The term of patents is much shorter than the term of copyrights, but can still be lethally long. From @c_timmermann, 2014: "Particularly in the life sciences what for some counts as a temporary exclusion means to many permanent exclusion." https://t.c
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Limiting and facilitating access to innovations in medicine and agriculture: an exposition of the ethical arguments http://t.co/YNfcMqNE5V