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Pay-For-Delay Anti-Trust Lawsuit Against Pharma Company Dismissed
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| So, basically, the only reason this wasn't
| anticompetitive was because it all happened
| under a government-granted monopoly. Talk
| about ironic, right? Because there's a
| monopoly, the company doesn't get labeled a
| monopolist. Isn't the patent system great?
|
| This ruling is unfortunate for a variety of
| reasons. You can see why generic drug
| makers agree to these deals: it's either go
| through an expensive fight to put a drug on
| the market, or get out of the lawsuit and
| get paid a ton of money for nothing. Not
| hard to make that decision. But the end
| result is anti-competitive, in that it
| allows big pharma firms to keep the prices
| jacked up very high on their drugs, much to
| the detriment of everyone else.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100326/1814188744.shtml
Schering-Plough Wins Dismissal of Suit Alleging Generic Drug Makers Were Paid Off
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| A federal judge in Newark, N.J., on
| Thursday dismissed a class action claiming
| that Schering-Plough Corp. violated
| antitrust law by paying generic drug makers
| to delay introduction of knockoffs of its
| potassium-deficiency drug K-Dur.
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http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202446858026
Microsoft trying to gut EU IT policy, replacing open standards with proprietary junk - your letters needed!
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/29/microsoft-trying-to.html
Related:
Sun exec accuses Microsoft of 'patent terrorism'
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| The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and
| unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local
| executive for Sun Microsystems.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Sun-exec-accuses-Microsoft-of-patent-terrorism-/0,130061733,339280437,00.htm
Microsoft, the art of Corporate Terrorism.
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| Microsoft, no longer the technological leader in the Computer Desktop
| market, is taking on a terrorist role in its attempt remain in power
| at all costs. (see the link to the CNN story below)
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| The tactic is intended to frighten current, and would be, free
| software users away from products that Microsoft just can't compete
| with. It's not a new tactic, but for the first time desperation is
| beginning to show.
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http://sweetcomputing.com/index.php?wiki=Microsoft_Terrorism
Convicted Monopolist Terrorizes Software Industry
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| That headline is designed to grab your attention. Sensationalistic as
| it may be, it also happens to be true, if what you mean by 'terrorize'
| is to provoke fear.
|
| If you've been following the presidential race in the United States,
| you know the present crop of candidates have been exploiting the fear
| of the American people as they never have before in the history of
| the country.
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http://www.linux.org/news/opinion/ms_threats.html
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