Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

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You really should think in terms of "monopoly". One of the few ways to have a legal monopoly is to have a patent or patents on the product. Whatever is covered by valid and enforceable patents creates exclusive rights (monopolies) to sell those products for the duration of the patent(s). Otherwise, monopolies are illegal - in violation of the antitrust laws. The patent monopoly is what creates the value of the products. Whatever is not covered by valid and enforceable patents may be copied and sold by anyone. For example, when a brand name drug goes off patent and is copied by multiple generic companies, the price of the molecule covered by the brand name drug 's patent immediately plummets around 80% or more. Therefore, Anavex seeks multiple patents that are as broad as possible. That is what we shareholders desire, right? As many patents as is possible and that are as broad as possible.