Who owns you? : science, innovation, and the gene patent wars / David Koepsell ; foreword, Kevin E. Noonan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koepsell, David R. (David Richard), author.

Contributor:

Noonan, Kevin E., writer of foreword.

Series:

Blackwell public philosophy.

Blackwell Public Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genes--Patents.

Genes.

Human genetics--Law and legislation.

Human genetics.

Patents.

Intellectual property--Moral and ethical aspects.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 2nd Edition of Who Owns You, David Koepsell's widely acclaimed exploration of the philosophical and legal problems of patenting human genes, is updated to reflect the most recent changes to the cultural and legal climate relating to the practice of gene patenting. Lays bare the theoretical assumptions that underpin the injustice of patents on unmodified genes Makes a unique argument for a commons-by-necessity, explaining how parts of the universe are simply not susceptible to monopoly claims Represents the only work that attempts to first define the nature of the genetic objects involved

Contents:

Individual and collective rights in genomic data : preliminary issues

Ethics and ontology : a brief discourse on method

The science : genes

DNA, species, individuals, and persons

Legal dimensions in gene ownership

BRCA 1 and 2 : the myriad case and beyond

Are genes intellectual property?

DNA and the commons

Pragmatic considerations of gene ownership

Nature, genes and the scientific commons : a social ontology of invention

So, who owns you? : some conclusions about genes

Property, and personhood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118948491

1118948491

9781118948484

1118948483

OCLC:

908515139