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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Cooperative Strategies for Facilitating Use of Patented Inventions in Biotechnology</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Nicol, Dianne</span> and <span class="person_name">Hope, Janet</span> (2006) <xhtml:em>Cooperative Strategies for Facilitating Use of Patented Inventions in Biotechnology.</xhtml:em> Law in Context, 24 (1). pp. 85-112. ISSN 0811-5796</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2570/1/Nicol_and_Hope_LIC.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" border="0" class="ep_doc_icon" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2570/1/Nicol_and_Hope_LIC.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF (Author Version)</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />324Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input value="3378" name="docid" accept-charset="utf-8" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.federationpress.com.au/journals/abstract.asp?id=205">http://www.federationpress.com.au/journals/abstract.asp?id=205</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">This article explores possible mechanisms for ensuring that the innovation goal of the patent system is achieved by facilitating better use of patented inventions in biotechnology, taking into account the complex relationships between owners and users. We argue that a measured approach is necessary, reflecting the delicate balance of innovation. The patent system itself already provides some mechanisms, discussed briefly in the first part of this article. However, we see a benefit in expanding patent owners’ repertoire to include industry-driven mechanisms that may be more finely tuned to the needs of particular industry participants or groups of participants. Examples include patent pooling, clearinghouse mechanisms and open source licensing. Such mechanisms may be adjusted to take account of trial and error learning in specific industry contexts, and may engender greater commitment on the part of industry than involuntary, ‘top down’ regulation. Such private mechanisms for ordering transactions among intellectual property holders would complement rather than displace existing public mechanisms. The law is necessarily a blunt instrument; where applicable, the methods we canvass in this article promise greater efficiency through superior flexibility and specificity.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" border="0" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/390114.html">390000 Law, Justice and Law Enforcement > 390100 Law > 390114 Intellectual Property</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2570</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">A/Prof Dianne Nicol</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">19 Dec 2007 09:19</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">15 Jan 2008 13:41</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2570;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=2570">item control page</a></p>
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