Synbio and Human Health: A Challenge to the Current IP Framework? [Hardcover]

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these years, the Chair organized two international workshops devoted to this topic, collecting a number of high level unpublished papers redacted by some of the most prominent experts in this field worldwide, including Stephen Maurer, Joachim Henkel, Ingrid Schneider, etc.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.

1 Synthetic biology in health and disease
Mark W.J. van Passel, Carolyn M.C. Lam, V?tor A.P. Martins dos Santos, Mar?a Su?rez Diez

2 Synthetic Biology: Solving the Pharmaceutical Indus-trys Innovation Problems?
Joachim Henkel, Robert L?ttke

3 Synthetic biology and global health in the age of intellectual property
Henk van den Belt

4 Synthetic biology and IP: how do definitions of products of nature affect its implications for health?
David Koepsell

5 Synthetic biology, protection of human health and freedom of scientific research .From biotech patents to open source models: managing human genetics resources.
Anna Falcone

6 Patents and living matter: the construction of a patent system attractive to Biotechnology
Ana Paula Myszczuk, JussaraMaria Leal de Meirelles

7 Patents Originating in Human Tissue and Data: questions on benefit creating and benefit sharing, on morality and proper-ty.
David Townend

8 Patenting Synbio ilC¶