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At least patents only last 20 years as opposed to nearly over a century for copyright.
by j-bos 2y ago
At least patents only last 20 years as opposed to nearly over a century for copyright.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoIn practice it's often longer. Drug companies queue up minor tweaks to their formulas and can threaten to sue anyone even close to the new way, even carbon copies of the now expired patent. Few can afford to win a lawsuit. We need more courts and judges to speed the process, to make justice more accessible, and universal SLAPP protections to weed out frivolous abuse.
- j-bos 2y agoTrue, though at least with drugs if there's a shortage compounding pharmacies are given broad freedom outside the patent holder's control. See semaglutide.
- paulryanrogers 2y agoSad that we rely on the scraps these captured regulators let fall through the cracks. At least until their patrons awake and close those loopholes.