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Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent system out of sync (Reuters)Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent system out of sync (Reuters)Posted Jul 7, 2012 2:31 UTC (Sat) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)In reply to: Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent system out of sync (Reuters) by pboddie Parent article: Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent system out of sync (Reuters)
>So you don't like people making claims that are to some extent true?
Sure. If they're saying something like "Isaac Newton invented iPad!" (after all, differential equations were used during iPad's design and development).
>Really, your argument is with people who claim that drug companies, whether established or spun out from academia, take advantage of existing work and pick up the rewards, but you're not actually disputing that.
Universities can develop drugs on their own. Occasionally they actually do this, but not many academics are interested in spending years working on a drug only to find out that it doesn't actually work. Companies have no such problem, because they are not (in general) interested in academic acclaim.
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Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent system out of sync (Reuters) Posted Jul 7, 2012 16:24 UTC (Sat) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784) [Link] Really, your argument is with people who claim that drug companies, whether established or spun out from academia, take advantage of existing work and pick up the rewards, but you're not actually disputing that.Yes, they do this because THEY ALSO TAKE THE RISKS. Drug development is a high-risk endeavor with 90% chance of failure. Is it really so hard for you to finish reading a paragraph?
Judge who shelved Apple trial says patent system out of sync (Reuters) Posted Jul 15, 2012 22:45 UTC (Sun) by jospoortvliet (subscriber, #33164) [Link]
Be a bit nicer please. This was an enlightening discussion - the jabs at each other don't make it any better though...
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