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Porträtt av Ana Nordberg. Foto.

Ana Nordberg

Universitetslektor

Porträtt av Ana Nordberg. Foto.

Balancing innovation, ‘ordre public’ and morality in human germline editing : A call for more nuanced approaches in patent law

Författare

  • Duncan Matthews
  • Timo Minssen
  • Ana Nordberg

Summary, in English

This article analyses the role that ‘ordre public’ and morality exceptions can play in the granting of patents on inventions in the field of human germline editing and the consequences of this policy option. In order to provide the context for such an analysis, the article will, first, provide an overview of the current patent landscape for relevant genome editing technologies, drawing attention to recent patent disputes and, second, examine ‘ordre public’ and morality exceptions under patent law in international, national and regional law, and the implications for innovation and access to novel treatments. The article argues that patent exceptions should not be used as a blunt policy instrument, nor interpreted in a way that is contrary to the patent system's overall objectives. The ‘ordre public’ and morality based exceptions in the context of human germline editing should not be interpreted and applied in a way which results in outcomes counterproductive to the goal of balancing innovation with the protection of societal higher normative values. Instead, the application of the exception should be based on a sound understanding of both the underlying science as well as the broader ethical, social, and legal implications, thus enabling case-by-case decisions that provide the basis for patent claim amendments and nuanced purpose-bound protection. Further analysis and debate as to the role that such flexibilities can play in the context of genome editing technologies is therefore both necessary and desirable, and can be facilitated in the ways set out in this article.

Avdelning/ar

  • Mänskliga rättigheter
  • Health Law
  • Affärsrättsligt centrum vid Lunds Universitet, ACLU
  • Juridiska institutionen

Publiceringsår

2022-10

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

562-588

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

European Journal of Health Law

Volym

29

Issue

3-5

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Brill

Ämne

  • Law

Nyckelord

  • Jurisprudence
  • Patent law
  • Genome editing
  • Genome editing governance
  • Genome editing patents
  • CRISPR-Cas
  • Law, technology & ethics
  • Morality exception
  • Allmän rättslära
  • Patentlag

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Human Rights Law
  • Health Law
  • Lund University Centre for Business Law (Swedish abbr: ACLU)

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0929-0273