Legal issues in bioinformatics

Issue JCB, Volume 9, Number 3, 2003 

Caroline McCubbin

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5912/jcb34


Abstract:

This paper is a review of legal issues in the discipline of bioinformatics. It covers the intellectual property rights (IPR) protection available to databases (together with their contents) and software. Legal problem areas that are unique to the discipline are then discussed. The paper concludes with a summary of the IPR position and recommendations that have been made for resolution of problem areas.

Keywords:bioinformatics ,IPRs ,patent ,copyright ,databases ,software ,genes ,collaboration ,en ,

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