What happenes to WDP if smart parts shuts them down?

[JT2002]

hrm manike...


trading my speed for an lcd trix next week, then sellin the trix, as it is only got like 700 dryfire shots, the i save for that

[DK1]

interestingly enough, since pharmaceuticals were brought up. It should be noted that the process under which drug patents are extended has been a controversy because of it's misuse. Take for instance, Nexium and Prilosec. The patent on Prilosec has ended, and it's creators came up with Nexium and got the patent to cover Prilosec. Problem is, Nexium is simply the isomer of Prilosec, and it was a big court case over if generic Prilosec would be able to be manufactured. After all, that is the purpose of pharm. patents, to make their inventors rich, and then get the product to market cheaply after that. People don't want medication to be out of the reach of the poor.

The UK's courts denied the patent on Nexium, the US granted it.

Basically, they re-patented the chemical isomer of what they'd already enjoyed the patent on. It was a big stink, and now they are trying to convince people to switch to Nexium because it's "better" even though it's basically the same. From what I've read, the isomer has no inherent benefits over the original.

A biochemist in a marketing class I took went over it last fall, interesting stuff...

DK1

[GT]

Didnt WDP apply for a patient on the LCD screen? I remember everyone and his brother havign a fit about the possibility of lawsuits from WDP.

jb

[JT2002]

Originally posted by DK1
interestingly enough, since pharmaceuticals were brought up. It should be noted that the process under which drug patents are extended has been a controversy because of it's misuse. Take for instance, Nexium and Prilosec. The patent on Prilosec has ended, and it's creators came up with Nexium and got the patent to cover Prilosec. Problem is, Nexium is simply the isomer of Prilosec, and it was a big court case over if generic Prilosec would be able to be manufactured. After all, that is the purpose of pharm. patents, to make their inventors rich, and then get the product to market cheaply after that. People don't want medication to be out of the reach of the poor.

The UK's courts denied the patent on Nexium, the US granted it.

Basically, they re-patented the chemical isomer of what they'd already enjoyed the patent on. It was a big stink, and now they are trying to convince people to switch to Nexium because it's "better" even though it's basically the same. From what I've read, the isomer has no inherent benefits over the original.

A biochemist in a marketing class I took went over it last fall, interesting stuff...

DK1

hrm im in AP Bio i beleive that means its basically the same things, except the molecules are arranged slightly different correct? i dont have that 1000 page txt book on hand right now so...

[cockermongol]

Originally posted by MicroMiniMe
Don't US patents only last seven years? I mean if worse case scenario and they 'win', just wait seven and pass on paying royalties.

Originally posted by shartley

I think that if folks look, they will find that there is a wide range of cooperation between just about every industrialized nation, concerning copyrights, trademarks, and patents.

This is off http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac...ral/whatis.htm

[DK1]

Originally posted by JT2002

hrm im in AP Bio i beleive that means its basically the same things, except the molecules are arranged slightly different correct? i dont have that 1000 page txt book on hand right now so...

chirality is "handedness." It's like right hand left hand. basically, it's two compounds with the same formula and structure, but somewhere a double bond is flipped, so that they aren't three dimensionally exactly the same. Sometimes, like in amino acids, and proteins, chirality is a HUGE difference. Other times, it means nothing.


DK1

[JT2002]

thats what i was looking for except i think we use the term "structural isomers" i think