On criticizing patenting system, calls to cancel patent protection and the new coronavirus
The publication by D. Afanasyev, expert-coordinator at the State Duma Committee for information policy,IT and telecommunications, presentsa review of patenting system criticismin XVII-XIX centuries and in the present time, the European anti-patenting movementand the drive to cancel patenting legislation, as well as total absence of patent protection in some countries. The article also mentions the issue of forced licensing given the current COVID-19 pandemic. The author describes how the criticism of the patenting system gave rise to such institutions of patentinglaw as forced licenses and utility models. Finally, the publication lists reasons for and against patenting.