Landscape of Gene Patents
Have patents on genes initiated a "land grab" of conflicting rights that will inhibit follow-on research? Or do they provide strong incentives for an orderly development of technology? Kyle Jensen and Fiona Murray look at how ownership of gene patents is distributed.
Intellectual Property Landscape of the Human Genome
by Kyle Jensen and Fiona Murray
Science 14 October 2005: Vol. 310. no. 5746, pp. 239 - 240