All of the copyright advisors to the admin on the TPP are from the industry. ALL of them.

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100. Salk didn't patten his vacine...

... but many others, my guess is most others, do. And the reason they are working away developing new vaccines is, to a great extent, the fact that it is profitable to do so. That is how they earn their living.

It is true that academics who are involved in basic, fundamental research don't patent their results, and, actually, they can't, because fundamental facts can't be patented. They do, however, copyright their research reports (if allowed by law, and it generally is) and particularly their text books.

I work for a university research department (a university well known for medical advances) and we have patent lawyers on staff and intellectual disclosure policies to protect and develop our intellectual property. And a department that focuses on commercial development and technical transfer.

Why would anyone be interested in doing all that? Because we stand to profit by it - it's part of our motivation - and it is only fair that those who spend their time and creative energy advancing our knowledge and capabilities be rewarded for their efforts.