http://ipwars.com/2012/07/18/compulsory-licensing-of-patents/ Mainly intellectual property (IP) issues Down Under Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://ipwars.com/2012/07/18/compulsory-licensing-of-patents/comment-page-1/#comment-4522 ipwars.com » Blog Archive » Access to affordable medicines or new review of pharmaceutical patents Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:58:22 +0000 http://ipwars.com/?p=1882#comment-4522 [...] course, there is already a review of compulsory licensing under way following the BRCA controversy. I do not know if it is related to this review or not, but [...]

]]> http://ipwars.com/2012/07/18/compulsory-licensing-of-patents/comment-page-1/#comment-3952 patent litigation Mon, 23 Jul 2012 07:52:00 +0000 http://ipwars.com/?p=1882#comment-3952 Compulsory licensing is a contemporary necessity, and I’m glad to see countries from Australian to China implementing this model. I, for one, am heartened not only by the Indian Patent Office’s recent decision to grant a compulsory license, but also by the further news that India now has plans to distribute some life-saving drugs for free. That — and not gouging suffering patients at every possible opportunity — seems to me to be the epitome of corporate responsibility.
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