Managing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) intellectual property rights: the possible role of patent pooling

• Main Authors: James H.M. Simon (Author), Eric Claassen (Author), Carmen E. Correa (Author), Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2005-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Patent applications that incorporate the genomic sequence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus, have been filed by a number of organizations. This is likely to result in a fragmentation of intellectual property (IP) rights which in turn may adversely affect the development of...