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It is always great to remember the giants on whose shoulders we stand [1]. Specially, Cesar Milstein (Argentinian Nobel Prize) was against patenting the discov
by wslh 3y ago
It is always great to remember the giants on whose shoulders we stand [1].
Specially, Cesar Milstein (Argentinian Nobel Prize) was against patenting the discovery [2] for a trillion size industry.
[1] https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12967-019-1804-8 https://translational-medicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10...
[2] https://www.whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/exhibitions/milstein/patents/The-monoclonal-antibody-patent-saga https://www.whatisbiotechnology.org/index.php/exhibitions/mi...
- nine_k 3y agoI sometimes think that it's better to take a patent when you undeniably can, and then release the patented tech under a permissive license. At least, this way an unrelated but shrewd party won't have a chance to acquire a patent, and milk / troll everyone.
- wslh 3y agoI agree with your argument but take into account that this is what we are discovering just now because of the software and hardware industries and Milstein was a pioneer in "open sourcing" his work with an "open license".