The companies that developed the vaccines and treatments in the covid pandemic provide very real-life, real-time examples of the questions of protecting patents as business assets while answering social responsibility concerns.
As the CEO of one of these companies, how would you respond to calls to share your company’s Intellectual property (IP) and under what circumstances? How would a Biblical worldview influence your decisions?
Consider, for example, the various approaches reported in the following:
D’Eminio, F. (2021, October 11). Moderna has no plans to share its COVID-19 vaccine recipe. AP. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-technology-business-united-nations-europe-d4aff7ddb273194b312354a57c244ce6Links to an external site.
Taylor, A. & Parker, C. (2021, October 27). U.S. drug company Merck to share license for experimental covid-19 treatment with nonprofit. Washington Post.
https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A680335867/GBIB?u=vic_liberty&sid=bookmark-GBIB&xid=fc01b6d2Links to an external site.
Furlong, A. (2022, March 8). Moderna to share vaccine tech, commits to never enforce covid-19 jab patents. Politico. https://www.politico.eu/article/moderna-share-vaccine-tech-never-enforce-covid19-patents/Links to an external site.
