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Issues and Rights in DNA-Based Inventions


Nicola Lucchi


Jonkoping University - Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS); Università di Ferrara - Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza; Catholic University of Louvain
November 28, 2011

BIOTECH INNOVATIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, Nicola Lucchi, Roberto Bin, Sara Lorenzon, eds., Springer, 2011

Abstract:     
The paper discusses how the legal system has reacted to the new challenge posed by modern biotechnology. In particular it examines some emerging global issues that result from the patenting of biotech inventions with a specific emphasis on the effects of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) patents and their potential to interfere with fundamental individual rights and civil liberties.

Keywords: Access to scientific knowledge, DNA-based inventions, patents, fundamental rights, Expressed sequence tags

JEL Classification: K10, K30

Accepted Paper Series


Date posted: September 28, 2011 ; Last revised: February 20, 2013

Suggested Citation

Lucchi, Nicola, Issues and Rights in DNA-Based Inventions (November 28, 2011). BIOTECH INNOVATIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, Nicola Lucchi, Roberto Bin, Sara Lorenzon, eds., Springer, 2011. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1934788

Contact Information

Nicola Lucchi (Contact Author)
Jonkoping University - Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS) ( email )
Jönköping, 55111
Sweden
Università di Ferrara - Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza ( email )
C.so Ercole I d'Este 37
Ferrara, 44121
Italy
+39 0532 455614 (Phone)
+30 0532 455614 (Fax)
HOME PAGE: http://www.unife.it/igm
Catholic University of Louvain ( email )
Pl. Montesquieu, 2
Louvain-la-Neuve, B-1348
Belgium
HOME PAGE: http://www.uclouvain.be/nicola.lucchi
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