Comments on: The fight to ‘own’ DNA: the case against patents for genes http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/22/the-fight-to-own-dna-why-genes-should-not-be-patented/ now with extra source Thu, 23 May 2013 03:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dogs breakfast http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/22/the-fight-to-own-dna-why-genes-should-not-be-patented/comment-page-1/#comment-238736 Dogs breakfast Fri, 22 Feb 2013 04:55:53 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=350713#comment-238736 Universities have the most to gain by NOT locking up genes with patents, so I'm surprised that they argued the obverse. I suspect it was a smaller but powerful cabal from the 'elite' universities that took this line. But whatever else, it should come back to the basic principal that should be the essence of the law, that being that you can only patent what you have created, not what you found. The legal ruminations just bring discredit on that august body, the Law. Universities have the most to gain by NOT locking up genes with patents, so I’m surprised that they argued the obverse. I suspect it was a smaller but powerful cabal from the ‘elite’ universities that took this line.

But whatever else, it should come back to the basic principal that should be the essence of the law, that being that you can only patent what you have created, not what you found.

The legal ruminations just bring discredit on that august body, the Law.

]]> By: Tim http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/22/the-fight-to-own-dna-why-genes-should-not-be-patented/comment-page-1/#comment-238691 Tim Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:04:30 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=350713#comment-238691 Good to see the other side of the argument put forward. It's a bit of a cross post but we (Civil Liberties Australia ) have been running a campaign on this with other organisations. We wrote about the gene patents case last year http://newmatilda.com/2012/07/05/you-are-not-drug and have a lot more info on our ongoing campaign here: https://www.facebook.com/freegenes There is a Private Members Bill currently in the Labor caucus to ban gene patents. Good to see the other side of the argument put forward. It’s a bit of a cross post but we (Civil Liberties Australia ) have been running a campaign on this with other organisations.
We wrote about the gene patents case last year http://newmatilda.com/2012/07/05/you-are-not-drug

and have a lot more info on our ongoing campaign here: https://www.facebook.com/freegenes

There is a Private Members Bill currently in the Labor caucus to ban gene patents.

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