Sharing Discoveries More Efficient, More Honorable Than Patenting Them
Sharing Discoveries More Efficient, More Honorable Than Patenting ThemMore efficient. More honorable. It’s a small example of the potential destruction for both prongs of the pro-patent argument. If it makes science more efficient to not patent, there goes promoting the progress. If it’s more honorable, there goes the moral argument. And, unlike some pharma companies, I’m not even going to make patents the key point here: Jay Bradner’s focus is onĀ helping people.