education in the US we ignore the most fundamental of its causes. Our students have changed radically. Today’s students are no longer the people our educational system was designed to teach. Today’s students have not just changed incrementally from those of the past, nor simply changed their slang, clothes, body adornments, or styles, as has happened between generations previously. A really big discontinuity has taken place. One might even call it a “singularity” – an event which changes things so
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Monday, April 21, 2008 Roche vs CIPLA: The Rhetoric of Patent Busting Roche, a multinational pharma company and CIPLA, a generic manufacturer from India. CIPLA brazenly defied Roche's patent over an anticancer drug, Tarceva and went ahead and introduced a generic version at 1/3rd the price. It claimed that the patent ought not have been granted in the first place. CIPLA's counsel, Arun Jaitley argued very persuasively in court that Roche's drug did not meet the requirements of section 3(d), a
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Hair Today Gone Tomorrow Ltd. INTRODUCTION Companies are formed to create a legal identity separate from the individuals who make up the membership of the company. A company is the predominant form of legal entity for conducting business in Ireland today. There are different types of company including private companies limited by shares, public limited companies, single member companies, unlimited companies, companies limited by guarantee having a share capital and companies limited by guarantee
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Edison, Edison General Electric Company, merged with the other successful manufacturer of electric light, Thomas-Houston Company. “From the invention of the first practical incandescent light bulb to building America’s first Central Power Station, the GE tradition of life-changing innovations was underway. With power and light, GE provided the basis of modern life, quickly redefining everything from the length of the day to our knowledge of the human body through the development of the first X-ray machine”
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should have done, and whether the FDA should be granted more power over compounding pharmacies. I will decide whether PharmaCARE’s use of Colberian intellectual property would be ethical in accordance with Utilitarianism; Deontology; Virtue Ethics; my own moral and ethical compass. Afterwards, I will analyze the way PharmaCARE uses U.S. law to protect its own intellectual property while co-opting intellectual property in Colberia. Then I will suggest at least three ways the company could compensate
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when you think about the normal situation where you have a prime minister, the reality is that in most countries, the PM becomes PM because he holds the majority in the legislative branch. So almost necessarily, the party who has the majority in the executive power also has it in the legislative power. In fact, Americans typically LIKE divided governments. If you want an example of that, just look at the last presidents of the US. Bill Clinton e.g. was a member of the Democratic Party while the
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technology have evolved over the years and at a rapid pace. With these tools together, they have shaped industries and grew businesses exponentially. Many years ago, man had to use smoke from fire to communicate over long distances. With the new inventions and new technologies for communication, the business world shrunk the globe. Baack (2012) defines communication as, “transmitting, receiving, and processing information.” The organization that does these three things the quickest gives them an
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EVOLUTION AND SELF-INTEREST Richard Dawkins argues that at its most fundamental level, the genetic level, life is self-interested.1 Genes do only one thing; they replicate themselves. These replicators reside in and are carried around by biological vehicles (trees, animals, humans, fungus, etc.). The resources that support these biological vehicles are finite, so the process of life has become a competition among genes to create vehicles that can successfully compete for limited resources and survive
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speaking about Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Kepler. Funny thing is each one of them challenged and changed their predecessor's work, for the better of course, but we will get to that later. We have these three men to thank for a whole lot of new tricks. To name a few would be, our solar system, the way we form our maps, and we can’t forget the numerous mathematical formulas used to make ideas come to life. In this research paper, we will touch base on the lives of three great astronomers and the tricks
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The global economic crisis has negatively impacted many entrepreneurs. Those who began their businesses during better times have found themselves in severe financial trouble. However, the downfall in the global economy has also presented a new opportunity like never before for individuals to become entrepreneurs. Although many businesses have failed as a result of the economic crisis, it has proven to be fertile ground for many. I believe the global economic crisis has forced many people to look
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