Intellectual Property / Patent / Copyright

Identity, Invention, and the Culture of Personalized Medicine Patenting

By Shubha Ghosh
Cambridge University Press November 2012

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781107011915
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
November 2012
Format
Hardback , 230 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

What are the normative implications of patenting in the area of personalized medicine? As patents on genes and medical diagnoses have increased over the past decade, this question lies at the intersection of intellectual property theory, identity politics, biomedical ethics and constitutional law. These patents are part of the personalized medicine industry, which develops medical treatments tailored to individuals based on race and other characteristics. This book provides an overview of developments in personalized medicine patenting and suggests policies to best regulate such patents.

• Offers easy-to-follow chapters on developments in patent law interspersed with more technical discussions • Presents a range of unusual historical patents with illustrations • Up-to-date discussion of current legal developments in patent law

Table of Contents

List of Figures
viii
List of Tables
ix
Preface
xi
1.    Persons and Patents
1
2.    Start-Ups, Upstarts, and Markets for Personalized Medicine
39
3.    The Case of Race-Specific Patents
63
4.    Normative Construction of Identity
126
5.    Persons, Patents, and Policy
179
6.    A Business, a Litigant, a Metaphor: The Future of Personalized Medicine Patents
195
Index
215

About the Author

Shubha Ghosh
University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Law

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