Re: Patently ridiculous: What's Europe to do?

[Seth Johnson <seth.johnson@RealMeasures.dyndns.org>]

Gregory Aharonian wrote:
> 
> It takes a lot of money to turn R&D into a commercially
> available product - product packaging, market testing,
> etc.  However, why should company A spend such monies if
> company B can wait until company A has spent such
> monies, learn from what company A did without having to
> spend the money, and then start selling the product as
> well, often at a cheaper price than


The simple answer to this question is:

Because of Bayh-Dole.


It could never bear the slightest consideration otherwise.


Seth Johnson

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