Patents versus patenting: implications of intellectual property protection for biological research

Nat Biotechnol. 2009 Jan;27(1):36-40. doi: 10.1038/nbt0109-36.

Authors

Zhen Lei¹, Rakhi Juneja, Brian D Wright

Affiliation

¹ Zhen Lei and Brian D. Wright are in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 207 Giannini Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.

PMID: 19131994
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0109-36

Abstract

A new survey shows scientists consider the proliferation of intellectual property protection to have a strongly negative effect on research.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Agriculture / legislation & jurisprudence
Biological Products
Biotechnology / legislation & jurisprudence*
Drug Industry / standards*
Humans
Intellectual Property
Patents as Topic*
Surveys and Questionnaires

Substances

Biological Products