Synbio and Human Health: A Challenge to the Current IP Framework?

ISBN-13: 9789401791953 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 229 str.

Inigo De Miguel Beriain; Carlos Maria Romeo-Casabona; Carlos Maria Romeom Casabona

Opis

Since 2010, the Inter-university chair in law and the Human Genome has been involved in an EU 7th Framework Programme funded Project called Sybhel, leading work package 5. The aim of this work package was to face the issues related to synthetic biology and intellectual property rights. In these years, the Chair organized two international workshops devoted to this topic, collecting a number of high level unpublished papers redacted by some of the most prominent experts in this field worldwide, including Stephen Maurer, Joachim Henkel, Ingrid Schneider, etc. We consider that it would be extremely interesting to have them all gathered in a unique contributed volume, which would be the first book exclusively dedicated to analyze the implications that Synbio may involve in what refers to the currently existing intellectual property rights system.

Spis treści

1 Synthetic biology in health and disease
Mark W.J. van Passel, Carolyn M.C. Lam, Vítor A.P. Martins dos Santos, María Suárez Diez

2 Synthetic Biology: Solving the Pharmaceutical Indus-try’s Innovation Problems?
Joachim Henkel, Robert Lüttke

3 Synthetic biology and global health in the age of intellectual property
Henk van den Belt

4 Synthetic biology and IP: how do definitions of "products of nature" affect its implications for health?
David Koepsell

5 Synthetic biology, protection of human health and freedom of scientific research .From biotech patents to open source models: managing human genetics resources.
Anna Falcone

6 Patents and living matter: the construction of a patent system attractive to Biotechnology
Ana Paula Myszczuk, JussaraMaria Leal de Meirelles

7 Patents Originating in Human Tissue and Data: questions on benefit creating and benefit sharing, on morality and proper-ty.
David Townend

8 Patenting Synbio in Anglo-America and Europe: Chaos or Opportunity
Amina Agovic

9 Synthetic Biology: Challenges and Legal Questions
Jürgen Robienski, Jürgen Simon

10 Exclusions and Exceptions to Patent Eligibility Revisited: Examining the Political Functions of the "Discovery" and "Ordre Public" Clauses in the European Patent Convention with Special Respect to Synthetic Biology
Ingrid Schneider

11 Patentability, Synthetic Biology and human genome
Carlos María Romeo Casabona

12 Patentability of synthetic biology under the European Patent Convention (EPC)
Francisco J. Fernández y Brañas

13 Synthetic Biology and IP Rights: In Defence of the Patent System
Iñigo De Miguel Beriain

14 Stepping Stones: Extending the Open Source Idea to Synthetic Biology
Stephen M. Maurer

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Blurb

Since 2010, the Inter-University Chair in Law and the Human Genome has been involved in a EU 7th Framework Programme funded project called SYBHEL, leading work package 5. Its aim is to face the issues related to Synthetic Biology and Intellectual Property Rights. During the period since its initiation, two international workshops devoted to this topic have been organized, collecting a number of directly-related, high-level unpublished papers redacted by some of the most prominent experts in this field. Thus, we considered that it would be extremely important and interesting to have all the work gathered in a unique volume, which would be the first book exclusively dedicated to the analysis of the implications of Synbio may and the currently existing intellectual property rights system.