And then, Salk appeared as a savior with a vaccine that he tested directly on himself and family members. Just two years after Salk’s vaccine became widely available, the number of polio cases has dropped to just one in ten. Salk may have made a fortune from his invention but instead, he donated it to humanity, because in his opinion it is the intellectual property of the common people, like the sun, no one has exclusive rights to own the sun. . Rolling Stone magazine painting depicts pharmaceutical companies as a large vulture profiting from COVID-19. Comparing vaccines to the sun is a linguistic error on Salk’s part, because the sun is a product of the universe (or god), and vaccines are not. In the 18th century, the doctor Edward Jenner made a boy immune to smallpox by taking fluid from the wound of a woman who had had cowpox (a cowpox disease) and injected him, from That was the first time a vaccine was created. While injecting wound fluid from one person into another does not qualify Jenner for any patents, most vaccines today are much more complicated and require a team of experts to spend months, even even years of research and testing. In other words, vaccines are a human invention. However, Salk’s comparison only implies his belief that, in essence, the purpose of science is to serve humanity unconditionally. Salk’s story deserves a repeat at a time when the Biden government has a desire to remove intellectual property rights over vaccines so that poor countries can also access this knowledge and save lives. its citizens. But, many European countries objected. Even the leaders of giant pharmaceutical corporations also objected. They say the move will stifle and destroy the motivation to improve vaccines for businesses and scientists working for them. And they are absolutely correct. Profit is a reward for those who deserve it. Frederick Winslow Taylor, known as the father of scientific management, at the beginning of the 20th century put forward a theory that greatly influenced production systems around the world. Its basic is: money is the motivator. Although there have been many theories with ideas that go against it, after all, it is not Cuba Gooding, Jr. got a supporting role in the movie “Jerry McGuire” thanks to a scene in the phone shouting to the male lead Tom Cruise: “Show me my money!” or what? We all love that line and it’s classic because it’s so real, so raw, so true. Money and profits are very important. Drug companies cannot be told to sacrifice their profits when, as the New York Times puts it, “pharmaceutical corporations are addicted to huge profits”. Calculating from 2000-2018, the world’s 35 largest pharmaceutical corporations alone generated $11.5 trillion in revenue and a net profit of $8.6 trillion. The pharmaceutical industry’s net profit margin is higher than any other industry. And it’s been like that since the mid-1950s. In “Pharmaceuticals: Greed, Lies, and Poisoning America,” author and investigative journalist Gerald Posner recounts the stories of the early days of some of the biggest pharmaceutical giants and how they built their empire. As a story happened in 1990, German company Bayer released a “divine” pain reliever aspirin with a name inspired by “hero” in German. They promote it as a treatment for a dozen diseases: colds, coughs, asthma, epilepsy, stomach cancer, multiple sclerosis, bipolar disorder. They also claim that it is safe for children. Are you curious to know what kind of medicine that cures all diseases is no different from the drugs advertised by quacks on Facebook? Please, that drug is… heroin. Or another story during World War II, when the advent of antibiotics helped pharmaceutical companies to get rid of the reputation of specializing in producing addictive drugs to become pioneers in saving lives, these companies immediately applied for a patent for a series of antibiotics that could be used for many health problems and created a frenzy for doctors to prescribe antibiotics for 90% of the cases when patients came to see them, even though they did not practice them. the need for antibiotics to cure the disease. The disastrous consequences of the antibiotic craze are now starting to become more pronounced. But, that’s okay, for the pharmaceutical companies, it’s important that they make a profit. Profit may not be Salk’s driving force, but it is the driving force of pharmaceutical companies. But today’s world is also much more complicated than before, it is difficult for single individuals to create a specific power because the world is operated by corporations with centipedes growing all over the globe. We can’t tell tigers not to eat meat, that’s their nature and we can’t ask big pharmaceutical companies to be as “humane” as Salk. Illustration of “polio soldier” Jonas Salk on the cover of Time magazine. Pharmaceutical companies also argue that removing patents with COVID-19 vaccines will set a bad precedent and cause many other inventions to be removed in the future. But, they never questioned the fact that, constantly applying for patents also makes everything patentable, even the human genes – which are inherently natural – become obsolete. become someone’s intellectual property. In 2012, a case caused a stir when the biotech company Myriad Genetics was sued for holding a patent for two genes related to ovarian and breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2. They weren’t the only ones at the time who possessed the gene. About 20% of the human genome was then owned by a corporation or a scientist. The petitioner argued that Myriad could not possess genes just as one could not own gold. But, Myriad compared the gene to a baseball bat, although it has natural materials, but cutting out which gene segment is a scientific choice. After many long years, finally Myriad lost the patent but let’s imagine for many years, the gene in our body belongs to someone’s intellectual property, which is very absurd but still blatantly exists. . And after all, does removing some research patents hurt scientists’ motivation to do research? Roentgen refused to apply for a patent for X-rays and what was his reason? His excuse was that it would limit the progress of this discovery! And instead of damaging the motivation for research, his later successors in the field of radioactivity were Marie Curie and Pierre Curie, who were honored not only for their discovery of radium, nor for them. not only because they found radium at the expense of their health, but also because they found radium. Traded his health but gave it away to the world for nothing. You could say Roentgen was already a millionaire by inheriting the family fortune so he didn’t need more money but Marie Curie was different, she was later unable to buy 1 gram of radium, the element she discovered herself. But she never regretted it. Marie Curie said: “Radium is not meant to enrich anyone. Radium is an element and it belongs to man.” Roentgen or Marie Curie are still single individuals. We have the right to hope in the noble hearts of single individuals, but we should not hope in the kindness of tigers, should not hope in the noble hearts of corporations.

The country also vowed to make more efforts to promote the shift from pursuing quantity to improving quality in intellectual property work in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25). Mark Snyder, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of the US chip corporation Qualcomm, said that China has made remarkable achievements in strengthening the protection of intellectual property rights. In recent years, the National Intellectual Property Office of China reviews more than 1 million patent applications each year and issues more than 500,000 of them. This is also the highest number in the world. “The large number of intellectual property filings and cases handled by both the administrative authorities and the intellectual property courts in China is concrete evidence of society’s confidence in the effectiveness of the government’s policies. policies and reform measures taken by the Chinese government on intellectual property. These achievements are also evidence of an unprecedented accumulation of specialized knowledge and experience in the field of intellectual property.” Mark Snyder said. China is also the global leader in the number of international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system. In 2020, China is the country using this system the most, with nearly 69,000 applications. By filing an international patent application under the PCT, an applicant can claim protection for inventions in a large number of countries. Illustration Specifically, 3 Chinese companies have entered the list of top 10 patent filing companies at PCT. Huawei Technologies Co topped the list, while Chinese display maker BOE Technology Group Co and smartphone maker Oppo ranked seventh and eighth respectively. Jason Ding, head of Huawei’s IPR division, said the company has become one of the world’s largest patent holders thanks to its investment in innovation. By the end of 2020, Huawei held more than 100,000 active patents worldwide. The latest report from German patent analysis firm IPlytics shows that Huawei accounts for 15.39% of global 5G patents or a collection of patent applications that include the same technical content or similarly, as of February 1, this is the highest number in the world. Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE ranked 3rd with 9.81% and Oppo ranked 9th with 3.47%. Feng Ying, Oppo’s Senior Director of Intellectual Property, said that the company will invest more resources in R&D through innovation. Such advancements will certainly impact the overall economic landscape in China. Official data shows that the number of invention patents in China reached a ratio of 15.8 per 10,000 people by the end of 2020, exceeding the target set for the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020). Shen Changyu, head of the National Intellectual Property Administration of China, said that China will further improve the funding and reward policies for patents, and protect and encourage patents. high value institution during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. According to data released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in March 2021, Chinese universities have risen significantly in global rankings of patent applications. In 2020, there were 9/20 top Chinese educational institutions on the WIPO list, an increase of 6 since 2017, extending China’s lead over the US in the number of applications. patent signing. In particular, Shenzhen University, a school only 38 years old but filed the third highest number of international patents in the world in 2020, just behind the University of California and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT). WIPO data also shows that the institution’s 252 patent applications are more than Johns Hopkins University and Harvard University combined. Chinese schools and businesses are working to file more international patents as part of the world’s second economy’s ambitions to achieve technological innovation and self-reliance in the face of stress. increasingly direct from the West.

Patents for exclusive protection have been issued by the US Patent and Trademark Administration Viettel High Technology Industry Corporation (VHT) has been granted 4 new international patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Administration (USPTO). Information was reported by the leader of Viettel High Technology Industry Corporation on the occasion of Intellectual Property Day April 26. Up to now, the number of industrial property protected continuously increased in the past 2 years, in particular, this unit has just been granted more patents protected exclusively in the US. According to VHT, the first patent is “Method of randomly dividing data in distributed multi-microprocessor systems” – OCS Research Center.This invention has helped Viettel fully own a system. charging in accordance with the specific needs of Vietnamese users; helping the operator proactively develop the billing system business to the international market at a time when only about 3 largest OCS providers provide for all carriers in the world. In 2020, this unit has 2 more patents, “Method of detecting water surface target in noisy environment, application in shore radar station” (Radar Center) and “Patent on supporting structure. force for parallel robot is by spring system with constant force ”. Representative of the Simulation Modeling Center said that the invention of the supporting mechanism for parallel robot with a spring system with constant support is used to support parallel robots in the field of motion simulation, contributing to reduce manufacturing costs, increase the life of the robot while ensuring that the load and workspace criteria are met. Thanks to the power mechanism that reduces the force applied to the robot’s actuators by 50%, it contributes 25% to fabrication costs, 2 times longer robotic lifespan and suitable for systems with working loads. large, limited when choosing actuator. In April 2021, “The method of adjusting and controlling the power of the receiving line in accordance with the transmission environment in the base station system” – The Broadband Radio Equipment Research Center was officially released. Patent patents in the US. The system is set up according to the patented method and is capable of correcting and controlling the receiver’s power. At the same time, the patented method brings optimal efficiency when compatible with each type of transmission medium, overcoming the disadvantages of slow variation with old control, improving the quality of the network in particular and the indicators. Network KPIs in general … Up to now, Viettel High-Tech Industry Corporation has registered a total of 276 industrial property registration applications, of which 27 are international registration applications. The number of applications has increased dramatically since 2016. By 2020, to complete research on 48 core technologies applied to products, have registered and accepted 66 patent applications. According to Mr. Nguyen Cuong Hoang, deputy general director of Viettel High-Tech Industry Corporation, invention is a very long process and Viettel has done it 10 years ago. The number of patents represents the firm’s capacity. The capacity and strength of research units are reflected in intellectual property and granted inventions. Appraisal Center, Intellectual Property Department said, in the last 5 years, the number of patent applications of Viettel increased continuously. The fact that Viettel has 4 patents granted by the US is of great significance in asserting technological capacity and development orientation of market expansion of Vietnamese enterprises. Representative of Viettel High Technology Industry Corporation affirmed that protecting intellectual property by registering national and international inventions is an important basis for the enterprise to be the owner of core technology. is ready to integrate into the world, has full capacity to compete with international corporations. Patents protected by the United States are recognition of inventions, scientific research, thereby affirming that Vietnamese people can stand shoulder to shoulder with large technology corporations … Certificates of intellectual property rights is evidence to ensure the success of every business when entering the world arena.