Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Nanotech’s “Second Nature” Patents: Implications for the Global South

“When you control the atoms, you control just about everything.” – Dr. Richard Smalley,1996 Nobel laureate for his discovery of fullerenes (buckyballs).2

“…patents will cast a larger shadow over nanotech than they have over any other modern science at acomparable stage of development.” – Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School

“Like biotechnology in the early 1980s, the IP landgrab mentality pays off for early pioneers. Don’t betthe jockey. Don’t bet the horse. Own the track.” – Lux Research, Inc.9

“…nanotechnology is raising fundamental questions as to what should, and should not, bepatentable.” – The European Commission, Communication from the Commission14

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