Journal of Economic Literature Vol. 64 No. 1 2026
Goldstein, Jorge. Patenting Life: Tales from the Front Lines of Intellectual Property and the New Biology
Abstract
Josh Lerner of Harvard University and NBER reviews “Patenting Life: Tales from the Front Lines of Intellectual Property and the New Biology” by Jorge Goldstein. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the legal, commercial, and social debates surrounding the patenting of biological materials, whether living single cells, whole plants or animals, or the inert molecules that they produce or from which they are made.”
- DOI
- 10.1257/jel.64.1.301.r5
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 311-312
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref