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Patenting Body Parts

by on September 9, 2011

Latest news: Spare body parts could be grown in factories in years after scientists implant lab-produced organs in humans: great news, scientifically; but we can imagine IP law descending to ruin it. Imagine patents on body parts. “Sir, Sir! Your kidney is not authorized! We are here to retrieve it and steamroll it!” Farfetched? Not at all. The IP overlords are already after our skin markings (tattoos) (see Maori Angry About Mike Tyson’s Tattoo Artist Claiming To Own Maori-Inspired Design; ;Guy Who Did Mike Tyson’s Tattoo Sues Warner Bros. For Copyright Infringement).

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The Center for the Study of Innovative Freedom (C4SIF) is dedicated to building public awareness of the manner in which so-called “intellectual property” (IP) laws and policies impede innovation, creativity, communication, learning, knowledge, emulation, and information sharing. We are for property rights, free markets, competition, commerce, cooperation, and the voluntary sharing of knowledge, and oppose IP laws, which systematically impede or hamper innovation. IP law should be completely and immediately abolished.

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