Doctors Discover Copyright Law: Cognitive Screening Test Killed Over Infringement Claims
31st December 2011
We’ve certainly talked about how ridiculous patents have gotten in the way of health care professionals and doctors providing the best care they can. Beyond basic things like gene patents, the idea that diagnostic tests are patentable is somewhat horrifying for anyone with any sense of decency when it comes to trying to keep people healthy. But, apparently the issue doesn’t stop there, and the medical community is suddenly grappling with some doctors using aggressive copyright enforcement to block competing diagnostic tests from being available.
As I shall ever maintain, the whole concept of ‘intellectual property’ is bogus.