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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131296903321

Autore

Koepsell David R (David Richard)

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2015

ISBN

1-118-94849-1

1-118-94848-3

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

Blackwell Public Philosophy

Disciplina

346.0486

Soggetti

Genes - Patents

Human genetics - Law and legislation

Patents

Intellectual property - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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