Gene patents and collaborative licensing models: patent pools, clearinghouses, open source models and liability regimes
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521896733
Date de publication :
11 juin 2009
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
940 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The cost of patent licenses needed to design a new genetic test or treatment may ultimately prevent research projects getting started, as individual components are protected by different patent owners. This book examines legal measures which might be used to solve the problem of fragmentation of patents in genetics.