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Letter: Patent theft

Published 21 April 2001

From John Walker

K. S. Jayaraman claims to believe in patents but also believes that holding a
monopoly on something is wrong
(31 March, p 42).

A patent is a monopoly granted by the state for a specified period, in return
for disclosure of the invention. To produce a drug that is patented by another
company is theft, pure and simple.

Stamford, Lincolnshire

Issue no. 2287 published 21 April 2001

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