Essays about: "PATENTING GENES"

Found 2 essays containing the words PATENTING GENES.

1. 1. Patenting Human DNA Sequences; Absolute Product Patents - A Reasonable Degree of Protection?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Andreas Gustafsson; [2007]
   Keywords : Immaterialrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The legal controversy on ''patents on life'' is not new but in the last two decades, we have seen the debate be intensified. Although patents on biological material have been allowed in the United States since the emergence of Diamond v. READ MORE

3. 2. Patenting the Human Genome

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Louise Berlin; [1999]
   Keywords : Immaterialrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Biotechnology is a field that is capable of evoking mixed emotions. This is particularly the case when the discussion encompasses the subject of human genome research. On the one hand there are major benefits that can spring from the studying of human genes. On the other hand it has been met with many moral and philosophical disagreements. READ MORE