Intellectual property and biotechnology: The European debate
Intellectual property and biotechnology: The European debate
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DOI：
10.1353/ken.2007.0008
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Brody, Barucb
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作者：
Brody, Barucb
欧洲专利制度允许在专利授予决策中引入道德问题。这一特征极大地影响了欧洲关于生物技术专利的争论。本文探讨了欧盟和欧洲专利组织的欧洲经验。它认为，围绕这些问题存在很大的混乱，主要是因为欧洲人还没有发展出一个普遍的理论来说明排除可专利性何时是处理道德冒犯性技术的最佳社会机制。
The European patent system allows for the introduction of moral issues into decisions about the granting of patents. This feature has greatly impacted European debates about the patenting of biotechnology. This essay explores the European experience, in both the European Union and the European Patent Organization. It argues that there has been great confusion surrounding these issues primarily because the Europeans have not developed a general theory about when exclusion from patentability is the best social mechanism for dealing with morally offensive technologies.