A framework for characterizing systems-based knowledge is needed to understand the new complexities arising from the assignment of IP rights to biological information.
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We would like to thank David Fuller, Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada, for providing comments and suggestions that have greatly improved this article. This research has been supported in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Research Award.
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Allarakhia, M., Wensley, A. Innovation and intellectual property rights in systems biology. Nat Biotechnol 23, 1485–1488 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1205-1485
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