美国企业的典型基因组知识产权经营策略浅析

Typical strategy for genomic intellectual property management among American enterprises

大规模cDNA测序以及公私序列数据库的竞争导致了一系列知识产权问题的产生。由于缺乏充分的专利保护 ,美国企业相继采取了独占许可、非独占许可、投放公共领域等非专利基因组知识产权经营策略 。

Large scale cDNA sequencing and competition between public and private cDNA sequence database have led to a certain number of intellectual property issues. For lack of adequate patent protection, American enterprises have pursued three distinct strategies for exploiting unpatented cDNA sequence information: exclusive licensing, non exclusive licensing and dedication to the public domain.