The chapter 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.

Issues and Rights in {DNA}-based Inventions

Nicola Lucchi
2012

Abstract

The chapter 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.
2012
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