> That's the whole idea of patents, isn't it? Just like you can't import medicine that infringes patents you also cannot parallel import iPhones or start making

> That's the whole idea of patents, isn't it? Just like you can't import medicine that infringes patents you also cannot parallel import iPhones or start making jeans and attach a Levi's tag to it... That's not a good analogy. one could make an phone that has the exact same specs as the iphone or jeans that is the exact replica of a Levi's ,without the brand and the logo on it and it would not be an iPHone or a Levi's Jean. it might not be legal but it wouldn't be shocking. The fact that you can't reproduce a formula ... TO SAVE LIVES ... is shocking. US government prefers people dying because they can't afford meds rather than violating something that has nothing to do with the free market, ie , patents. We're not talking about phones or clothes here , we're talking about medication people's life depend on.