Putting the global patent system under The Lens
Global social enterprise Cambia and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are using a US$1.6 million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant to develop The Lens – an open, public web facility containing comprehensive patent information for inventions from almost 100 million documents in 90 countries, linked to millions of scientific ...
The patent bargain
Featured in an Editorial in the journal Nature on 11 Dec 2013.
An open-source patent database highlights the need for more transparency worldwide.
It may take a patent lawyer to fully understand the scope of US patent number 7,777,022, but one thing is clear: at first glance, it certainly appears broad. The patent includes 4.2 million ...
Who’s patenting whose genome?
QUT, December 07, 2013
An international project has developed a free and open public resource that will bring much-needed transparency to the murky and contentious world of gene patenting.
In a paper from Cambia andQueensland University of Technology (QUT) published in this week's Nature Biotechnology journal, researchers revealed that ...
Transparency tools in gene patenting for informing policy and practice
Nature Biotechnology, December 06, 2013
In the recent decision Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics1, the US Supreme Court held that naturally occurring sequences from human genomic DNA are not patentable subject matter. Only certain complementary DNAs (cDNA), modified sequences and methods to use sequences are potenti...
“Grist” focus on Innovation Cartography
Cambia Patent Lens, October 28, 2013
Author: Nathanael Johnson
A 16th-century Dutchman can tell us everything we need to know about GMO patents
Richard Jefferson was talking fast, too fast for me to take notes. He was trying to explain what’s wrong with our food system, and what to do about it, but there was too much to say, and ...
Cambia again ranked as one of the world’s top NGOs
The Global Journal, January 23, 2013
Author: The Global Journal
From the Global Journal: Top 100 NGOs 2013 Edition
Keeping Our Eyes Wide Open by Jean-Christophe Nothias – Editor, The Global Journal, January 23, 2013
“The second edition of our Top 100 NGOs ranking is stronger, and we enjoy not only the fantastic outreach from the ...
The hologenome: A new view of evolution
New Scientist magazine, January 12, 2013
Author: New Scientist
The hologenome theory of evolution, and its development by Cambia CEO Richard Jefferson, featured in the January 12th Cover Story of New Scientist magazine.
DISPOSING of corpses can be tricky. Bury them in a shallow grave and hungry animals are liable to dig them up. ...