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Who owns science?
Last night I attended a Policy Lab event at the Royals Society examining intellectual property in Science. The meeting discussed a report entitled “Who owns Science” produced by the Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation at Manchester University. Speakers included John Alty, Chief Executive of the UK’s intellectual property office; Adam Heathfield, director of science policy for Europe at Pfizer; Charles Leadbeater, author of “We Think” and former advisor to Tony Blair; and Sir John Sulston, who amongst many things is chair of the Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation at Manchester. I must confess that from the outset I was sceptical about the value of this meeting – at least to me personally, and for its value addressing the issues that a majority of my colleagues face when dealing with intellectual property. After seeing the press this morning I think at least some of that scepticism was justified.
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