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Two Nobel Prize winners want to cancel their own CRISPR patents in Europe

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167 points thisismytest | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 03:03 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ixaxaar ◴[17 Nov 24 04:45 UTC] No.42162021[source]▶
What a sad fucking world. I like what China does in the regard to patents. That is exactly what patents deserve.
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levocardia ◴[17 Nov 24 05:15 UTC] No.42162150[source]▶
...steal them from the Americans?
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immibis ◴[17 Nov 24 05:16 UTC] No.42162157[source]▶
You can't "steal" what wasn't valid property to begin with - even if the law likes to pretend it is valid property.
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osigurdson ◴[17 Nov 24 05:21 UTC] No.42162170{3}[source]▶
I don't think the world is a net better place with no IP or copyright laws.
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1. renewiltord ◴[17 Nov 24 07:43 UTC] No.42162630{4}[source]▶
Perhaps the Chinese industrialists are rewarding the IP holders the same way video gamers do: with exposure. And after all, we’ve been informed many times: information wants to be free. And we’ve been reminded as well: if they weren’t going to pay in the first place this isn’t revenue lost.