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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778164903321

Autore

Hope Janet <1972->

Titolo

Biobazaar [[electronic resource] ] : the open source revolution and biotechnology / / Janet Hope

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2008

ISBN

0-674-26472-X

0-674-03360-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (441 p.)

Disciplina

346.04/86

Soggetti

Biotechnology

Technological innovations

Patent licenses

Biotechnology - Economic aspects

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-389) and index.

Nota di contenuto

An irresistible analogy -- The trouble with intellectual property in biotechnology -- Intellectual property and innovation -- Welcome to the bazaar -- Open source licensing for biotechnology -- Foundations of the biobazaar -- Financing open source biotechnology -- Biotechnology's open source revolution.

Sommario/riassunto

Can the open source approach do for biotechnology what it has done for information technology? Hope's book is the first sustained and systematic inquiry into the application of open source principles to the life sciences. Traversing disciplinary boundaries, she presents a careful analysis of intellectual property-related challenges confronting the biotechnology industry and then paints a detailed picture of "open source biotechnology" as a possible solution.