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Open Source emergency dispatch OpenISES destroyed by patent threat, 2009
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| 2. This document contains a simple, guided system for processing calls for
| emergency aid. It was created free of charge and distributed with the
| OpenISES system but was removed from distribution and destroyed due to a
| patent threat from Priority Dispatch Corporation. This document has the
| potential to help save lives in areas that cannot afford proprietary
| emergency response scripts
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| 3. Emergency dispatch offices in areas unable to afford proprietary scripts
| (especially overseas where U.S. Patent Law does not apply), developers and
| emergency response personnel wishing to continue the project, and bloggers
| and journalists wishing to document some of the unsavory ways companies
| utilize the patent system.
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http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/Open_Source_emergency_dispatch_OpenISES_destroyed_by_patent_threat%2C_2009
Recent:
How Sick Are Patents? Ask Indonesia
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| Got that? Indonesia releases the sequences, and the US CDC does indeed patent
| that information, a situation which could then force Indonesia to pay for
| vaccines based on its own sequence data to protect its citizens. This
| probably means that fewer vaccines will be bought, more people will die, more
| mutations in the flu virus, and more deaths globally. So how, exactly, is
| this particular intellectual monopoly good for the world?
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/08/how-sick-are-patents-ask-indonesia.html
Bringing Medical Records to Developing Countries--OSS Style
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| In conjunction with OpenMRS, Pentaho is integrating its open source business
| intelligence suite with OpenMRS' central medical records system focused on
| developing countries. "Pentaho brings proven open source tools and the right
| expertise to help reduce the amount of redundant efforts in collecting,
| managing, and analyzing health services information," said Paul Biondich M.D.
| and IT Project Lead for OpenMRS.
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http://ostatic.com/171435-blog/bringing-medical-records-to-developing-countries-oss-style
http://tinyurl.com/5f8dx5
Sick Idea: Using Patents to Kill People
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| Poignant? It's basic human decency. Imagine being unable to use a life-saving
| technique on a patient simply because it was "patented", and the licensing
| fees were exorbitant. Imagine, indeed, the situation in developing countries
| that can't even afford medical equipment, much less absurd, intellectual
| monopolies.
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| There's a reason we don't have patents on such things: they represent basic
| human knowledge of the kind whose invention and transmission down the
| generations lies at the heart of our civilisation and humanity. The day we
| start charging for this kind of thing is the day we as a race are in deep,
| deep trouble.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/03/sick-idea-using-patents-to-kill-people.html
Surgical exceptions to patentability -- clash of principles, few EPO examiners
hurt
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| Of all the exclusions from patentability, most poignant is the bar on
| patenting methods of surgery, therapy or diagnosis practised on the human or
| animal body. While it seeks to release medical practitioners from the
| shackles of commercial monopoly and legal liability when choosing how best to
| treat their patients, many argue that its true effect is to stifle the
| creation, publication and promulgation of new techniques that save lives or
| improve their quality.
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2008/03/surgical-exceptions-to-patentability.html
Related:
Ethics @ Work: Are property rights in ideas unethical?
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| Business ethics usually have little to do with ethics. In most practical
| cases the ethical value is agreed upon, and the ethics professional is
| charged with making sure they are reflected in practice. However,
| occasionally we are privileged to encounter a truly innovative ethical
| doctrine that seeks to challenge existing paradigms. A fascinating example is
| the "free content" movement, often identified with programming pioneer
| Richard Stallman who leads the related "free software movement."
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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?apage=1&cid=1184168552105&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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