[Ip-health] GNU-Darwin: current best recommendation

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Michael and all,

  I am basically sure Michael is correct here...

michael.davis@law.csuohio.edu wrote:

> I am not sure that pharmaceutical companies, or international patent
> rules, are under anything like a democratic charter. GATT basically
> imposes patent rules that are against the interests of most countries of
> the world, and most WTO members, but those rules cannot be changed
> democratically.
>
> Mickey Davis
> > --
> >
> > I want to direct everyone's attention to CPTech, which has been doing a
> > fantastic job with the development agenda with respect to pharma.
> > Poor countries and poor people need access to life-saving drugs too,
> > and the pharmaceutical companies must be held to a moral standard.  If
> > they do not behave ethically, then we will show them that they are under
> > a democratic charter.
> >
> > It is something that I wish we had more time for at GNU-Darwin, but it
> > is only one part of what I would like to see happen here.  If you have
> > not had a chance to look into this, please do so.  They are doing
> > excellent work.
> >
> > http://www.cptech.org
> >
> > Especially of interest are their email lists.  I recommend IP-Health
> > and Random Bits.
> >
> > http://www.cptech.org/lists.html
> >
> > Regards,
> > proclus
> > http://www.gnu-darwin.org/
> >
> > --
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> Mickey Davis
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