Nature Biotechnology has just published an article on the perceived effects of intellectual property protection for biological research. The article involved a detailed survey of academic agricultural biologists on their perception of IP and research. The authors' primary conclusion: Scientists believe that, contrary to the current consensus, proliferation of IP […]
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Government of Canada Files Brief in RIM Patent Case
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