• Patent Ethics: The Misalignment of Views Betweenthe Patent System and the Wider Society 

      Forsberg, Ellen-Marie; Hanssen, Anders Braarud; Nielsen, Hanne Marie; Olesen, Ingrid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Concerns have been voiced about the ethical implications of patenting practices in the field of biotechnology. Some of these have also been incorporated into regulation, such as the European Commission Directive 98/44 on ...
    • Patent-holders on expert committees. Can there be a conflict of interest? 

      Thorstensen, Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      The presence of experts holding patents and simultaneously providing policy advice on areas in which they hold these patents poses several normative questions. Through a comparative study of several IPCC ...
    • RRI and Patenting: a Study of European Patent Governance 

      Groenendijk, Nico; Forsberg, Ellen-Marie (NanoEthics;August 2019, Volume 13, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-22)
      This paper addresses the topic of patenting related to the notion of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Focusing on patents in the field of biotechnology, we assess to what extent current patenting practices of the ...