Patent Absurdity: Ending a drug company scam, by Ronald Bailey (ReasonOnline, October 23, 2002) describes the clever manipulation of the patent and federal drug regulatory system by drug manufacturers to fend off competition from manufactuers of generics. Other IP articles and resources available here.
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Stephan Kinsella is a libertarian writer and retired patent attorney in Houston, Texas. He has published widely on various areas of libertarian legal theory and on legal topics such as intellectual property law and international law. His publications include Legal Foundations of a Free Society (Papinian Press, 2023), Against Intellectual Property (Mises Institute, 2008), International Investment, Political Risk, and Dispute Resolution: A Practitioner’s Guide (Oxford, 2020), and The Universal Principles of Liberty (2025).
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