Patenting of Life Forms. Ethical Dimensions and Judicial Trends

      Аннотация: The debate with regard to the immorality of life patents is not new; several moral objections have been raised time to time by several factions of people and stakeholders against the grant of patents on life forms. Morality is not an issue for the corporate players, they are least bothered about the moral and ethical considerations which need to be scrutinized while asking for a patent by them, Rather, they focus on the economic viability and marketing potential of a particular product or process on which they seek protection. The present work Patenting of Life forms:Ethical Dimensions and Judicial Trends focuses on the ethical and moral considerations attached with patenting of life, especially higher life and the ways that could be useful in settling the present controversies in this regard.

Ключевые слова: morality, Life Patents, Moral issues in Patenting of life, Biotechnology Law