An interesting article titled "Patents versus patenting: implications of intellectual property protection for biological research", published in Nature Biotechnology.
The article is based on a new survey showing scientists considering the proliferation of intellectual property protection to have a strongly negative effect on research. Thus, reflecting the current scenario in the patenting system and the controveries & concerns in the U.S.
The article eloberates the survey methodology and detailed various areas including impact fo IP protection, cost of formal agreements, influence of patent ownership, influence of research delays, etc. and finally concludes that "The agricultural biologists we surveyed report that the IP protection of research tools is, on balance, having a negative impact on their research areas."
Article Details
PMID: 19131994
Author: Lei Z, Juneja R, Wright BD.
Source: Nature; Pubmed
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