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From an IP perspective, if Moderna doesn't think the benefit of disclosing the invention is worth the value of the patent (and you present a coherent argument f
by gpm 5y ago
From an IP perspective, if Moderna doesn't think the benefit of disclosing the invention is worth the value of the patent (and you present a coherent argument for that), that's ok, they can not have a patent. But we shouldn't let them have their cake (the patent) and eat it to (not disclose the invention).
From a broader world perspective it's also pretty terrible that time is being wasted reverse engineering this instead of licensing it during a pandemic, but that's largely a separate discussion.
- Retric 5y agoThey have publicly agreed not to go after anyone that uses that patent. Patent trolls effectively force their hands into applying for a patent, but they only bothered in the US due to how crazy our IP system is. The only way they could have made this more open is to actively sent people to train other companies, but frankly their are several different vaccines available so it’s hardly in them.