On: FTC challenges 'junk' patents held by 10 drugmaker...

[jncfhnb]

The problem is the patent, not the regulation

[multimoon → jncfhnb]

You’re correct that the patent should’ve never been awarded, but the regulation still caused a problem today - something that could’ve been avoided if a cause-effect analysis was done. This is a problem statement that is applicable to most regulation today.

This is why blanket bans are almost always bad.

[jncfhnb → multimoon]

That logic cuts both ways as a tool to prevent important regulation that harms a small interest for the public benefit.

[multimoon → jncfhnb]

That’s why you an analyze cause and effect. You should target the highest driving factor and ban that, not blanket ban and catch things in the crossfire that don’t make a statistical difference to what you’re trying to improve - that way you don’t cause ill effects elsewhere.