Study on the "tragedy of anticommons" for the patented medicine

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Abstract: In the "tragedy of anticommons", each of multiple owners has the right to exclude others from a resource and this lead to the underused resource, since none of the owners can use the whole resource. If the patented medicine involves multiple patents, then it is difficult to get all the licensing of these patents. There will be patented medicine's "tragedy of anticommons" since no one can implement the medicine effectively. The reasons for which the tragedy happens and the solutions for this problem are analyzed.

Key words: patented medicine, tragedy of anticommons, compulsory licensing, patent pool

CLC Number:

G306

Chen Xin, Yu Xiang. Study on the "tragedy of anticommons" for the patented medicine[J]. Science Research Management, 2007, 28(6): 149-153,137.

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