
Patents and copyrights are the biggest players in a broad classification of IPR, which includes trade secrets (what you know: information not available to the public); trademarks and brands (what you call it: unique identifiers of products and services); industrial design (what it looks like: visual designs of objects with aesthetic or commercial value); and geographical indication (where it’s made: “Made in Germany”). For the sciences in general and life sciences especially, patents loom large.
For the purposes of this overview, let’s start with the patent—the lynchpin and driving force behind innovation and commercialization of biological inventions.
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