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Intellectual property protection is one of the key factors for economic growth and advancement in any technological field. Intellectual property adds value to the discoveries and provides incentives to the investors. Moreover, it drives innovation and advancement in the competitive society. The growing investments in the area of bioinformatics have increased the need of adequate intellectual property laws. This is one of the key facets in any emerging area. The chapter discusses how different bioinformatics components relate to the intellectual property law system specifically in the context of patent and copyright law. It also looks into the requirements and limitations of intellectual property in the field of bioinformatics. Further, the patent trends in bioinformatics are also discussed.
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Bioinformatics Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Growth Trends, Share, Opportunities, and Forecast
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Bioinformatics Market by Sector (Molecular Medicine, Agriculture, Forensic, Animal, Research & Gene Therapy), Product (Sequencing Platforms, Knowledge Management & Data Analysis) & Application (Genomics, Proteomics & Metabolomics) – Global Forecast to 2020.Report code – BT 3321.
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Shilpa, Gupta, U. (2018). Intellectual Property Rights and Bioinformatics: An Introduction. In: Shanker, A. (eds) Bioinformatics: Sequences, Structures, Phylogeny . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1562-6_1
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