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Synbio and Human Health

A Challenge to the Current IP Framework?

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Iñigo de Miguel Beriain

    1. University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain

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  2. Carlos María Romeo Casabona

    1. University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain

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  • Synthetic Biology is the most promising, currently existing area of biotechnology specially in human health. However, juridical issues may ruin the development of this market if they are not correctly solved
  • There are no books specifically related to juridical issues (especially IP rights) related to this topic
  • The list of authors comprise some of the most prominent specialist in this field, including the Director of the Biotechnology Area of the European Patents Office

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Since 2010, the Inter-university chair in law and the Human Genome has been involved in an EU 7th Framework Programme funded Project called Sybhel, leading work package 5. The aim of this work package was to face the issues related to synthetic biology and intellectual property rights. In these years, the Chair organized two international workshops devoted to this topic, collecting a number of high level unpublished papers redacted by some of the most prominent experts in this field worldwide, including Stephen Maurer, Joachim Henkel, Ingrid Schneider, etc. We consider that it would be extremely interesting to have them all gathered in a unique contributed volume, which would be the first book exclusively dedicated to analyze the implications that Synbio may involve in what refers to the currently existing intellectual property rights system.

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Synthetic Biology in Health and Disease

    • Mark W. J. van Passel, Carolyn M. C. Lam, Vítor A. P. Martins dos Santos, María Suárez-Diez
    Pages 1-10

  3. Synthetic Biology: Solving the Pharmaceutical Industry’s Innovation Problems?

    • Joachim Henkel, Robert Lüttke
    Pages 11-18

  4. Synthetic Biology and Global Health in the Age of Intellectual Property

    • Henk van den Belt
    Pages 19-43

  5. Synthetic Biology and IP: How Do Definitions of “Products of Nature” Affect their Implications for Health?

    • David Koepsell
    Pages 45-53

  6. Synthetic Biology, Biotechnology Patents and the Protection of Human Health. A Consideration of the Principals at Stake

    • Anna Falcone
    Pages 55-76

  7. Patents and Living Matter: The Construction of a Patent System Attractive to Biotechnology

    • Ana Paula Myszczuk, Jussara Maria Leal De Meirelles
    Pages 77-86

  8. Patents Originating in Human Tissue and Data: Questions on Benefit Creating and Benefit Sharing, on Morality and Property

    • David Townend
    Pages 87-99

  9. Patenting SynBio in Anglo-America and Europe: Chaos or Opportunity

    • Amina Agovic
    Pages 101-121

  10. Synthetic Biology: Challenges and Legal Questions

    • Jürgen Robienski, Jürgen Simon
    Pages 123-143

  11. Exclusions and Exceptions to Patent Eligibility Revisited: Examining the Political Functions of the “Discovery” and “Ordre Public” Clauses in the European Patent Convention and the Arenas of Negotiation

    • Ingrid Schneider
    Pages 145-173

  12. Patentability, Synthetic Biology and Human Genome

    • Carlos María Romeo Casabona
    Pages 175-186

  13. Patentability of Synthetic Biology Under the European Patent Convention (EPC)

    • Francisco J. Fernandez y Brañas
    Pages 187-199

  14. Synthetic Biology and IP Rights: In Defence of the Patent System

    • Iñigo de Miguel Beriain
    Pages 201-209

  15. Stepping Stones: Extending the Open Source Idea to Synthetic Biology

    • Stephen M. Maurer
    Pages 211-223

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 225-229
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  • University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain

    Iñigo de Miguel Beriain, Carlos María Romeo Casabona

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