title: A review of intellectual property rights in biotechnology.
abstract: Intellectual property rights protect innovations and their authors. This review describes the concepts of copyright and patent with their relative merits and drawbacks. An understanding of intellectual property rights is important for doctors to allow protection of their work but should not be at the expense of scientific progress.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Orthopaedics, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk. CaroH2712@aol.com
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Hing
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Back
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005062:European Union; D018973:Intellectual Property; D010067:Ownership / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*