The Case for Patenting New Plants
| Date/Time: | Thursday, 16 Feb 2012 at 8:00 pm |
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| Location: | Great Hall, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
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| Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
| Channel: | Lecture Series |
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Who Owns Life? Intellectual Property in Biotechnology and the Life Sciences
Thursday, February 16, 2012
South Ballroom, Memorial Union
The protection of intellectual property through patents is one of the most important mechanisms for encouraging innovation. But with new scientific advances, especially in biotechnology, what is reasonable, useful, and ethical to patent? This symposium will present issues of intellectual property protection specific to the plant and life sciences.
12:00-2:00 pm
Research Liberty, Traditional Knowledge and Piracy - Robert Streiffer & Shontavia Johnson
Ethical Analysis of Objibway Objections to Wild Rice Research
Robert Streiffer is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a joint appointment in the Department of Medical History and Bioethics and the Philosophy Department. His work focuses on ethical and policy issues arising from modern biotechnology, including xenotransplantation and the application of biotechnology to animals in agriculture. He earned a PhD in ethics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property
Shontavia Johnson is an assistant professor of law at Drake University Law School with expertise in intellectual property and human rights. She holds a BS in Biosystems Engineering, with emphasis in applied biotechnology, and a JD from the University of Arkansas School of Law.
Refreshments and discussion
3:00-5:00
Gene Patents in Law, Ethics and Policy - Margo Bagley & David Resnik
Changing Tides or A Drop in the Bucket? Challenges to Plant Patenting in the U.S. and Abroad
Margo Bagley is a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, specializing in patent law and intellectual property. She has a degree in chemical engineering and has worked in products research and development for the Coca-Cola Company and Procter & Gamble, where she was co-inventor on a U.S. patent for improved peanut butter. She received her JD from Emory University and is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The Ethics of Patenting Human DNA
David Resnik is author of Owning the Genome: A Moral Analysis of DNA Patenting. He was a professor of Medial Humanities at the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine and later on the faculty at the University of Wyoming, where he directed the Center for the Advancement of Ethics. He holds a PhD in philosophy from the University of North Carolina and a JD from Concord University School of Law.