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

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167 points thisismytest | 2 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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croes ◴[17 Nov 24 07:41 UTC] No.42162618[source]▶
They learned from the best

https://www.history.com/news/industrial-revolution-spies-eur...

Germany did the same with book rights which helped them to become an industrial and scientific powerhouse.

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IncreasePosts ◴[17 Nov 24 18:23 UTC] No.42165836{3}[source]▶
Some people remembering things and going elsewhere and using what they remember seems a little different from copying of millions of documents and schematics and plans.
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1. vaidhy ◴[17 Nov 24 20:28 UTC] No.42166926{4}[source]▶
You do not like efficiency??
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2. IncreasePosts ◴[18 Nov 24 01:14 UTC] No.42168829[source]▶
Yes, I guess it is very efficient to not need to spend any money on R&D, and just steal from those who do spend the money.

Will anyone spend money on R&D in this efficient world when the result is you just go out of business because you can't compete against anyone who does?