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Intellectual Property Law

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2008

Intellectual property

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Bits, Ippas, Trips And Icsid: Justice For Some, Alphabet Soup For All, Christopher Wadlow Oct 2008

Bits, Ippas, Trips And Icsid: Justice For Some, Alphabet Soup For All, Christopher Wadlow

Christopher Wadlow

Examines the possibility that ICSID (the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes) might be a more favourable forum than the WTO for private party complaints of violations of the TRIPs Agreement, if the state conduct alleged to violate TRIPs amounted to expropriation or breach of the principle of fair and equitable treatment.

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Influenza Genetic Sequence Patents: Where Intellectual Property Clashes With Public Health Needs, Lori B. Andrews, Laura A. Shackelton Apr 2008

Influenza Genetic Sequence Patents: Where Intellectual Property Clashes With Public Health Needs, Lori B. Andrews, Laura A. Shackelton

Lori B. Andrews

A number of advances have recently taken place in influenza virus genomics research, due largely to an extensive genome sequencing project and widespread access to these sequences. If a pandemic virus emerges, whether it is a reassorted A/H5N1 strain or another zoonosis, it is essential that access to information about its genetic sequence is not restricted through intellectual property claims. Products of nature are not patentable inventions, according to US code and the US Supreme Court, and naturally occurring genetic sequences should not be eligible for patenting. Viral genetic sequences represent natural information upon which diagnostics and preventions are necessarily …

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Presentation: U.S. Licensing Regulation As A Model For Developing Countries, Benton C. Martin Jan 2008

Presentation: U.S. Licensing Regulation As A Model For Developing Countries, Benton C. Martin

Benton C. Martin

Highlights differences between legislation regulating goverment labs and universities and discusses the implications of these differences for developing countries seeking to emulate United States technology transfer legislation. Concludes that diversity amongst countries based on historical context and infrastructure is vital, just as it has been in regulating different types of institutions in the United States.

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