Analyzing Congress's Multiple Approaches To Patent Reform

ectoman writes "Patent reform is becoming an unavoidable issue — and the United States Congress is taking note. But the scope and scale of the problem have prompted multiple legislative solutions, and keeping track of them all can be rather difficult. Mark Bohannon, Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Global Public Policy at Red Hat, provides an overview of four important legislative actions currently under consideration, offering clear and concise analysis of their goals and provisions. He also assesses their potential impacts. 'Given the widening attacks by PAEs [Patent Assertion Entities],' Bohannon concludes, 'it is essential that Congress work to produce meaningful legislation on at least the issues identified above in order to begin to stem the tide.'"

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Re:Be careful what you wish for.

[icebike]

Yes, if we abolish medical patents, there will be a loss of future revenues for Big Pharma

Yes, if we abolish medical patents, there will be a loss of millions of lives.

Fixed it for you.

It seems obvious you want to hand-wave this problem away as if it didn't exist or would be easy to solve
by pointing to a few shoe string cases through history. Salk and Sabin ALWAYS had government funding
of one form or another, and their expenses were actually quite trivial compared to the research requirements
of today.

It seems doubtful you will be dissuaded from your confiscatory views, and your child like solutions. I realize the
futility of the conversation.