[Ip-health] researcher

[Jon Merz]

Thomas Pogge wrote:
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> I've been approached by an accomplished researcher who has a
> break-through against a major tropical disease. He does not want to
> profit and wants his discovery to benefit patients rather than
> companies. He asked me whether he could donate his invention to the
> Health Impact Fund (obviously infeasible). What's the best way of
> protecting the invention from patenting by others without obstructing
> access to it? Thanks, Thomas Pogge
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perhaps he could talk to Victoria Hale at the Institute for One World
Health, keeping in mind that everything is negotiable.

depending what this invention is, it may well be that the only way to
ensure control is to patent it.  if the basic invention is not patented,
others may patent practical improvements and thereby block access to
useful forms of the invention.


jon merz
merz@mail.med.upenn.edu