[ExI] Gene Patents: Good or Bad?

[Sondre Bjellås]

Says who and what? Does it apply to all engineering fields?

Quick Google search gives me:
http://techrights.org/2009/07/11/study-shows-patents-stifle-innovation/

" It’s extraordinary how the myth that patents somehow promote innovation is
still propagated and widely accepted; and yet there is practically *no*
empirical evidence that it’s true. All the studies that have looked at this
area rigorously come to quite a different conclusion."

And on gene patents:
http://www.scientificblogging.com/news_articles/gene_patents_stifle_innovati
on_block_competition

"exclusive patent rights could slow promising new technologies and business
models for genetic testing even further, the Duke researchers say."


I don't know the truth in this case, but I do know that opinions ends where
facts take over.


- Sondre

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Rafal
Smigrodzki
Sent: 25. mai 2010 19:16
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Subject: Re: [ExI] Gene Patents: Good or Bad?

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:05 AM, Dan <dan_ust at yahoo.com> wrote:
> In my mind bad. I disagree that not having patents stifles innovation.
>
>

### Clearly, yes, patenting stimulates innovation (yeah, I know, patents are
issued by the state, and I also would prefer to have them issued by a
private authority but for now state patents are better than nothing).

Rafal
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