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Patents on life : religious, moral, and social justice aspects of biotechnology and intellectual property / edited by Thomas C. Berg, Roman Cholij, Simon Ravenscroft.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Patents on Life: Through the Lenses of Law, Religious Faith and Social Justice (Conference) (2015 : University of Cambridge)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biotechnology--Patents--Congresses.
- Biotechnology.
- Biotechnology--Patents.
- Biotechnology--Religious aspects--Congresses.
- Church and social problems--Catholic Church--Congresses.
- Church and social problems.
- Church and social problems--Catholic Church.
- Biotechnology--Religious aspects.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 313 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This volume brings together a unique collection of legal, religious, ethical, and political perspectives to bear on debates concerning biotechnology patents, or 'patents on life'. The ever-increasing importance of biotechnologies has generated continual questions about how intellectual property law should treat such technologies, especially those raising ethical or social-justice concerns. Even after many years and court decisions, important contested issues remain concerning ownership of and rewards from biotechnology - from human genetic material to genetically engineered plants - and regarding the scope of moral or social-justice limitations on patents or licensing practices. This book explores a range of related issues, including questions concerning morality and patentability, biotechnology and human dignity, and what constitute fair rewards from genetic resources. It features high-level international, interfaith, and cross-disciplinary contributions from experts in law, religion, and ethics, including academics and practitioners, placing religious and secular perspectives into dialogue to examine the full implications of patenting life.
- Contents:
- An introduction to religious and political discourse on life patents / Roman Cholij
- Morality, religion, and patents / Kathleen Liddell and Simon Ravenscroft
- Religious and moral grounds for patent-eligible subject matter exclusions / Joshua D. Sarnoff
- Life-form patents : proceedings in the European Patent Office and the role of non-commercial parties / Christopher Rennie-Smith
- Intellectual property rights and the fundamental right to the commons in the light of Catholic social teaching / Monsignor Osvaldo Neves de Almeiad
- Human rights and life patents : lessons from the Church's social teaching and engagement in the United States / Stephen M. Colecchi
- Intellectual property and genetic sequences : a Jewish law perspective / Michael J. Broyde and Steven S. Weiner
- Intellectual property, Islamic values, and the patenting of genes / Mohammed El Said
- Christian libertarianism and the curious lack of religious objections to the patenting of life forms in the United States / Paul J. Heald
- From Chakrabarty to Myriad and beyond : Catholic contributions to the gene patenting debate / Paul J. Wojda
- "Thou shalt not steal" : the morality of compulsory licensing of pharmaceutical patents / Margo Bagley
- Genetic resources and patents : in search of ethical solutions to global ip discord / Roman Cholij
- Patents for life : towards an ethical use of patents on plant innovations / Michael A. Kock
- Germline modification of human embryos, patents and the limits of markets : rethinking equality, human diversity and the question of innovation funding / Katerina Sideri
- Patent governance, ethics, and democracy : how transparency and accountability / norms are challenged by patents on stem cells, gametes, and genome editing (CRISPR) in Europe / Ingrid Schneider
- Life patents, religion, and justice : a summary of themes / Thomas C. Berg.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Oct 2019).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781108659802
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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