Its grounds for safe harbors that offer liability limitations or immunity due to the circumstances. (The EU probably has laws that do this, just like the US).

Its grounds for safe harbors that offer liability limitations or immunity due to the circumstances. (The EU probably has laws that do this, just like the US). I doubt the medical device industry would exist w/o patent protection. It is just too expensive to bring products to market without the limited monopoly that patents provide. And you have to consider the potential for product liability lawsuits after products get to market. That has to be built into the price as well.