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Patentability of life and ethics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  14744124     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Patent law has relied in part on ethical considerations since its inception in Europe. Such considerations have been introduced more recently in the United States. Whereas the EU Directive on the protection on the occasion of the Human Genome Project of biotechnological inventions was intended to foster economic development in Europe, its implementation is outweighted by controversy about patenting life and commercialization of science. The confusion created must be cleared at the international level through harmonization of patent office policies preventing abusive commercial practices in the absence of inventiveness.
Authors:
Noëlle Lenoir
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Comptes rendus biologies     Volume:  326     ISSN:  1631-0691     ISO Abbreviation:  C. R. Biol.     Publication Date:    2003 Oct-Nov
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-01-27     Completed Date:  2004-05-05     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101140040     Medline TA:  C R Biol     Country:  France    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1127-34     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
European Group of Ethics of the European Union, Ministère délégué aux Affaires européennes, 37, quai d'Orsav, 75351 Paris, France. noelle.lenoir@wanadoo.fr
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
Biotechnology / ethics,  legislation & jurisprudence
Europe
Life*
Patents as Topic / ethics*,  legislation & jurisprudence*

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