Open, but not as usual
As “open-source” models move beyond software into other businesses, their limitations are becoming apparent.
EVERY time internet users search on Google, shop at Amazon or trade on eBay, they rely on open-source software—products that are often built by volunteers and cost nothing to use. More than two-thirds of websites are hosted using ...
Navigating the Future(s) of Biotech Intellectual Property
Kenneth Cukier investigates the impact of BiOS on the current innovation system. Read the article on the Nature Biotechnology site.
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Nature Biotechnology, March 08, 2006
Author: Kenneth Neil Cukier
Bayh-Dole: if we knew then what we know now
Nature Biotechnology, March 01, 2006
"More than 25 years after the US Bayh-Dole Act was passed to encourage technology transfer from universities, is it time to reexamine and revamp this key legislation?" CAMBIA's BiOS License referenced as an example of alternative approach to patent licensing.
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Who’s who in biotech
Nature Biotechnology, March 01, 2006
Nature Biotechnology's readers select some of biotech's most remarkable and influential personalities from the past 10 years. Richard Jefferson makes the shortlist.
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