Biotechnology, Patents and Morality

Biotechnology, Patents and Morality
Author: Maureen O'Sullivan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2019-06-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0429595034

This book critiques the decision-making process in Article 53(a) of the European Patent Convention. To date, such decisions have been taken at high levels of expertise without much public involvement. The book eschews traditional solutions, such as those found within legislative, judicial and patent office realms and instead develops a radical blueprint for how these decisions can be put to the public. By examining wide-scale models of participatory democracy and deliberation, this book fills a significant gap in the literature. It will be invaluable for patent lawyers, academics, practitioners and intellectual property and patent officials.

Biotechnological Inventions

Biotechnological Inventions
Author: Oliver Mills
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 131717416X

Advances in modern biotechnology have produced profound and far-reaching implications for the relationship between humans, animals and the environment. As a result, a debate has arisen surrounding the legal, moral and social problems connected with this technology, a central part of the debate focusing on the role of moral considerations in the patent system as a form of regulation. This fully revised and updated book examines this role and asks why in the context of biotechnological inventions, morality has become an important issue. It takes account of recent developments, including reference to the situation in Australia. By examining such specific recent cases, the author elucidates the moral concerns associated with modern biotechnology, thus providing an important contribution to the debate and a valuable resource for all those working in this exciting field.

An Introduction to Ethical, Safety and Intellectual Property Rights Issues in Biotechnology

An Introduction to Ethical, Safety and Intellectual Property Rights Issues in Biotechnology
Author: Padma Nambisan
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2017-06-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0128092513

An Introduction to Ethical, Safety and Intellectual Property Rights Issues in Biotechnology provides a comprehensive look at the biggest technologies that have revolutionized biology since the early 20th century, also discussing their impact on society. The book focuses on issues related to bioethics, biosafety and intellectual property rights, and is written in an easy-to-understand manner for graduate students and early career researchers interested in the opportunities and challenges associated with advances in biotechnology. Important topics covered include the Human Genome Project, human cloning, rDNA technology, the 3Rs and animal welfare, bioterrorism, human rights and genetic discrimination, good laboratory practices, good manufacturing practices, the protection of biological material and much more. Full of relevant case studies, practical examples, weblinks and resources for further reading, this book offers an essential and holistic look at the ways in which biotechnology has affected our global society. - Provides a comprehensive look at the ethical, legal and social implications of biotechnology - Discusses the global efforts made to resolve issues - Incorporates numerous case studies to more clearly convey concepts and chart the development of guidelines and legislation regulating issues in biotechnology - Takes a straightforward approach to highlight and discuss both the benefits and risks associated with the latest biotechnologies

Patents on Life

Patents on Life
Author: Thomas C. Berg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-05-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781108450881

This volume brings together a unique collection of legal, religious, ethical, and political perspectives to bear on debates concerning biotechnology patents, or 'patents on life'. The ever-increasing importance of biotechnologies has generated continual questions about how intellectual property law should treat such technologies, especially those raising ethical or social-justice concerns. Even after many years and court decisions, important contested issues remain concerning ownership of and rewards from biotechnology - from human genetic material to genetically engineered plants - and regarding the scope of moral or social-justice limitations on patents or licensing practices. This book explores a range of related issues, including questions concerning morality and patentability, biotechnology and human dignity, and what constitute fair rewards from genetic resources. It features high-level international, interfaith, and cross-disciplinary contributions from experts in law, religion, and ethics, including academics and practitioners, placing religious and secular perspectives into dialogue to examine the full implications of patenting life.

Patent Politics

Patent Politics
Author: Shobita Parthasarathy
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2017-02-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 022643785X

Introduction -- Defining the public interest in the US and European patent systems -- Confronting the questions of life-form patentability -- Commodification, animal dignity, and patent-system publics -- Forging new patent politics through the human embryonic stem cell debates -- Human genes, plants, and the distributive implications of patents -- Conclusion

Who Owns You?

Who Owns You?
Author: David Koepsell
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2009-03-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781444308594

Who Owns You? is a comprehensive exploration of the numerousphilosophical and legal problems of gene patenting. Provides the first comprehensive book-length treatment of thissubject Develops arguments regarding moral realism, and provides amethod of judgment that attempts to be ideologically neutral Calls for public attention and policy changes to end thepractice of gene patenting

Exclusions from Patentability

Exclusions from Patentability
Author: Sigrid Sterckx
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2012-09-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107006945

This book provides the first comprehensive study of what cannot be patented and what should not be patentable in Europe.

Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective

Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective
Author: Paul B. Thompson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2007-05-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1402057911

This revised edition updates Thompson’s trail-blazing study of ethical and philosophical issues raised by biotechnology. The 1997 book was the first by a philosopher to address food and agricultural biotechnology, discussing ethical issues associated with risk assessment, labelling, animal transformation, patents, and impact on traditional farming communities. The new edition addresses the debates of the intervening decade, including cloning, the Precautionary Principle, and the biotechnology debate between the United States and Europe.

Biopatent Law: Patent Strategies and Patent Management

Biopatent Law: Patent Strategies and Patent Management
Author: Andreas Hübel
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2012-01-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642248454

Patents protecting biotechnological invention are becoming ever more important. Because biotechnology has many differences with respect to other technologies, lessons learned in other fields of technology cannot simply be transferred to adopt a suitable strategy for dealing with biotechnology inventions. In this volume, general aspects of biopatent law will be discussed. This involves questions of patentability, including ethical issues and issues of technicality, as well as questions of patent exhaustion in cases were reproducible subject matter, like cells or seeds, is protected. Moreover, active and passive patent strategies are addressed. Further, insight will be given into patent lifetime management and additional protective measures, like supplementary protection certificates and data exclusivity. Here, strategies are discussed how market exclusivity can be extended as long as possible, which is particularly important for biopharmaceutical drugs, which create high R&D costs.