title: How can you patent genes?
abstract: What accounts for the continued lack of clarity over the legal procedures for the patenting of DNA sequences? The patenting system was built for a "bricks-and-mortar" world rather than an information economy. The fact that genes are both material molecules and informational systems helps explain the difficulty that the patent system is going to continue to have.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Law.
authors.forename: Rebecca S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001483:Base Sequence; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005796:Genes; D016678:Genome; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States