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'''Start Scheme'''
'''Start Scheme'''
#You are free to modify, improve, and use all BioBrick parts, in systems with other BioBricks parts or non-BioBrick genetic material.
#You are free to modify, improve, and use all BioBrick™ parts, in systems with other BioBricks™ parts or non-BioBrick™ genetic material.
#If you release a product, commercially or otherwise, that contains BioBrick parts or was produced using BioBrick parts, then you must make freely available the information about all BioBrick parts used in the product, or in producing the product, both for preexisting BioBrick parts and any new or improved BioBrick parts.  You do not need to release information about any non-BioBrick material used in the system.
#If you release a product, commercially or otherwise, that contains BioBrick™ parts or was produced using BioBrick™ parts, then you must make freely available the information about all BioBrick™ parts used in the product, or in producing the product, both for preexisting BioBrick™ parts and any new or improved BioBrick™ parts.  You do not need to release information about any non-BioBrick™ material used in the system.
#By using BioBrick parts, you agree to not encumber the use of BioBrick parts, individually or in combination, by others.
#By using BioBrick™ parts, you agree to not encumber the use of BioBrick™ parts, individually or in combination, by others.
'''End Scheme'''
'''End Scheme'''



Revision as of 01:13, 16 June 2010

BBF Legal Working Group Mailing List

Join or check out the BBF Legal Working Group's mailing list and archives here!

Draft the BioBricks Legal Scheme (January 2008)

Start Scheme

  1. You are free to modify, improve, and use all BioBrick™ parts, in systems with other BioBricks™ parts or non-BioBrick™ genetic material.
  2. If you release a product, commercially or otherwise, that contains BioBrick™ parts or was produced using BioBrick™ parts, then you must make freely available the information about all BioBrick™ parts used in the product, or in producing the product, both for preexisting BioBrick™ parts and any new or improved BioBrick™ parts. You do not need to release information about any non-BioBrick™ material used in the system.
  3. By using BioBrick™ parts, you agree to not encumber the use of BioBrick™ parts, individually or in combination, by others.

End Scheme

Samuelson Clinic Materials from March 2008 UCSF Workshop

  1. Legal Options Backgrounder & Draft BBF Legal Scheme: PDF
  2. Executive Summary of Findings: PDF
  3. Slides from March UCSF Workshop: PPT

Proposed BBF LWG Projects

Add any new projects you'd like to see happen here.

Background Information & Materials

  1. Synthetic Biology: Caught between Property Rights, the Public Domain, and the Commons
  2. Biobazaar: The Open Source Revolution and Biotechnology
  3. New Breeds: Discovering Synthetic Biology
  4. Synthetic Biology Patent Applications Expected to Present New Challenges
  5. Please add more resources here!