Public disclosure of biological sequences in global patent practice
World Patent Information, December 01, 2015
Author: Jefferson, O.A., Deniz Köllhofer, Prabha Ajjikuttira & Richard A Jefferson
World Patent Information 43 : 12-24
Abstract
Biological sequences are an important part of global patenting, with unique challenges for their effective and equitable use in practice and in policy. Because ...
The ownership question of plant gene and genome Intellectual properties
Nature Biotechnology, November 01, 2015
Author: Jefferson, O.A., Köllhofer, D., Ehrich, T.H. & Jefferson, R. A.
Nature Biotechnology 33 (11) 1138-1143 (2015)
The raging legal debates on the patent eligibility of genetic sequences extend from Europe, where in 2010 the European Court of Justice in Monsanto Technology LLC v.
Cefetra ...
Gene patent practice across plant and human genomes
Nature Biotechnology, October 08, 2015
Author: Jefferson, O.A., Köllhofer, D., Ehrich, T.H. & Jefferson, R. A.
Nature Biotechnology 33 (10) 1033-1038
In human medicine, a successful new product or process can create a strong economic incentive to pay whatever it takes to be healthy, with the potential profit in conventional ...