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Technology has far outpaced our legal system's ability to establish new forms of data property, both in the United States and worldwide. There are many inconsistencies, but the lack of clarity should highlight the need for us to pursue new definitions of data property, not to resign ourselves to the belief that constructing new rules will be too difficult. The potential value is vast. New approaches to medical data ownership, implemented via technological solutions and legislative action, must be advanced in order for individualized medicine to achieve its potential.

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