Kelssek
TNPer
Greetings, North Pacific. It's Kelssek from the East Pacific. I'm requesting the delegate's approval for a repeal I'm looking to pass which would repeal UN Patent Law. It can be found here - http://nationstates.net/page=UN_proposal1/match=patent
This repeal will not abolish patents, and in my view would not even significantly compromise them. The immediate effect of the repeal is that nations would be free to decide their own policies on patents.
The main argument I am putting forward is that the resolution, particularly article 7, is a severe and quite dangerous restriction on the ability of national governments to act to preserve vital national interest. In particular, what I find most compelling is that it does not allow the production of "generic" medicines. The people in developing countries often cannot afford the medicines vital to treat their illnesses, with the result that millions die from curable ailments. This alone is quite a serious problem, however, even more problematic for even developed and rich nations is what would happen in the event of a pandemic where the cure was patented and the company, sensing the profit of a lifetime, refuses to allow anyone else to produce it.
The counterargument that it may compromise continued innovation does not hold up in this example as people who can't afford to buy the medicines anyway is a profit that isn't being made. Countries wishing to protect the patent can easily prevent the importation of generics. Moreover, even in the general sense, the profit gained from selling domestically and in the many countries which will still recognise foreign patents should give more than enough revenue to recoup the investment in research.
I hope you will support it, first in getting it to vote and then in the vote itself. Thank you very much for your time.
This repeal will not abolish patents, and in my view would not even significantly compromise them. The immediate effect of the repeal is that nations would be free to decide their own policies on patents.
The main argument I am putting forward is that the resolution, particularly article 7, is a severe and quite dangerous restriction on the ability of national governments to act to preserve vital national interest. In particular, what I find most compelling is that it does not allow the production of "generic" medicines. The people in developing countries often cannot afford the medicines vital to treat their illnesses, with the result that millions die from curable ailments. This alone is quite a serious problem, however, even more problematic for even developed and rich nations is what would happen in the event of a pandemic where the cure was patented and the company, sensing the profit of a lifetime, refuses to allow anyone else to produce it.
The counterargument that it may compromise continued innovation does not hold up in this example as people who can't afford to buy the medicines anyway is a profit that isn't being made. Countries wishing to protect the patent can easily prevent the importation of generics. Moreover, even in the general sense, the profit gained from selling domestically and in the many countries which will still recognise foreign patents should give more than enough revenue to recoup the investment in research.
I hope you will support it, first in getting it to vote and then in the vote itself. Thank you very much for your time.
