Why is it when Indian companies steal patents to make generic medicine they are cheered for it, but when a Chinese company does it, they are vilified?
I can see personally defending both types of theft, and I agree that they are probably morally equivalent (all else being equal); but I'm not sure that one can make a blanket declaration that people generally do defend Indian patent theft. Do you have references?
Of course, the rice here was not patented -- according to the article, it was just a trade secret.
> Of course, the rice here was not patented -- according to the article, it was just a trade secret.
This seems to have little to do with my question, which was:
> > I can see personally defending both types of theft, and I agree that they are probably morally equivalent (all else being equal); but I'm not sure that one can make a blanket declaration that people generally do defend Indian patent theft. Do you have references?
Did you perhaps intend to reply to my parent (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20788203)?