[extropy-chat] Wearable Camera Etiquette

[Harvey Newstrom]

On Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 02:45 pm, Samantha Atkins wrote:
> This jumped out at me.  Has patent law descended to the point that 
> information is patentable?  Under what conditions if so?

I was thinking of biotech specifically, where specific DNA sequences, 
specific medicine formulas, specific cell-lines, and even techniques 
can be patented.  This limits much of bio or medical discoveries to the 
single company who owns it, and other doctors and researchers can't use 
it.

Also, much research is being done on university projects funded by 
companies, where they keep the whole project and all information secret 
under nondisclosure agreements, just in case they do find something 
that it patentable.

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