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Old 04-04-2012, 06:09 AM   #107
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Somewhat depressing how much more angst is generated for the one little girl than for the hundreds of millions who can't afford to buy drugs which could save or improve their lives, also due to patents.
"No Americans were involved."
You could turn it around and say that none of these devices, drugs, etc, would exist if it were not for patent protection. No company would be willing to invest money in research unless the law gave them the legal protection to have exclusive rights to exploit or license the fruits of that research.
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