Who owns the human genome? What can ownership mean with respect to genes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12416996 |
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| Authors | Hubert Markl (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 513-517 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1062798702000418 |
| OpenAlex | W2111867898 |
| Language | EN |
The progressive elucidation of the structure of the human genome with the subsequent use of this information for various purposes, many of which will be of commercial value, raises questions about the ownership of the information. This article points out some of problems of defining the genome as property and explores the relevance of the usual criteria of patent law to this new situation
Biology · Business · Computational biology · Epistemology · Gene · Genome · Human genome · Political science · Property (philosophy · Relevance (law · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Copyright and Intellectual Property · Intellectual Property and Patents · Law · Law, AI, and Intellectual Property · Philosophy · Genetics
| Highly cited | No |
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