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Published on: June 13, 2014
Role of intellectual property in investment-backed personalized medicine
Vern Norviel1, Ray Akhavan1, Ali R Alemozafar1
1Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, 650 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. vnorviel@wsgr.com.
Abstract:
Personalized medicine is a growing field that promises to provide individualized treatment that is tailored to each patient. For a startup personalized medicine company, an initial step in securing financing is to protect its intellectual property (IP), for example, through patent protection. When deciding whether to invest in a personalized medicine company, investors, such as venture capitalists, assess the scope of a personalized medicine company's protection of its IP. Patent protection is a powerful way for a personalized medicine startup company to protect its IP, but patent protection for personalized medicine inventions can differ from one country to another. A personalized medicine company could benefit from developing a well-defined IP strategy for maximizing the scope and breadth of its IP protection.
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