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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Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2005-09-01
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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 |