Data Sharing and Intellectual Property in Bioinformatics
Author(s):
Caroline Whitbeck, Ph.D.
You have been working in computational genomics and seen your field grow rapidly in recent years. Because of the potential for profit from research, many investigators have become unwilling to share their data. Even a few officials at your university have suggested that you should clear data sharing with the intellectual property officer before sharing your data with investigators at other institutions. You deeply enjoy the free exchange of ideas. This was one of the factors that led you to stay in an academic institution rather than respond to the overtures you have gotten from industry.
What, if anything can you do?
Cite this page:
Caroline Whitbeck, Ph.D.
"Data Sharing and Intellectual Property in Bioinformatics"
Online Ethics Center for Engineering
9/11/2006 2:51:51 PM
National Academy of Engineering
Accessed: Friday, December 05, 2008
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