Property law, personhood and ethics: stem cell research & its impact on property law.

From: Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: Jones, Ida M. | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

Developments in biotechnology raise a myriad of issues relating to intellectual property law and ethics. Intellectual property law and specifically patent law, has been forced to create guidelines for patenting living matter. Patent law permits patent-holders to obtain a limited-time monopoly for patents of novel, useful, non-obvious processes and devices. Matter found in nature cannot be patented. However, processes to discover stem cells and transgenic animals...

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Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues ; ABSTRACT Developments in biotechnology raise a myriad of issues relating to intellectual property law and ethics. Intellectual property law and specifically patent law, has been forced to create guidelines for patenting living matter. Patent law permits patent-holders to obtain a limited-time