Managing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) intellectual property rights: the possible role of patent pooling

Patent applications that incorporate the genomic sequence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus, have been filed by a number of organizations. This is likely to result in a fragmentation of intellectual property (IP) rights which in turn may adversely affect the development of...

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Main Authors: James H.M. Simon, Eric Claassen, Carmen E. Correa, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2005-09-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862005000900017&lng=en&tlng=en