Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: gallery question

PapaBlueMarlin opened this issue on Dec 01, 2004 ยท 108 posts


softriver posted Wed, 01 December 2004 at 5:44 PM

How much you wanna bet once a Big Enough Player creates the first designer human (I mean a complete genetically engineered clone, not a "test tube baby") said Player will be able to patent, trademark & copyright real live people as opposed to graphic or literal representations thereof? According to the US Patent office genetic patents can not be allowed for a complete genome. You can patent parts of the genome, individual genes and sequences, but the entire human is off limits. Beyond that, even patenting a genome would not grant you trademark on it. Copyright would only apply to the specific genetic combination you used to create your human (if at all), so other human not sharing that genetic pattern would be fine. Don't boggle too much. That idea was already covered and granted precedent years ago. Google for "bacteria patent genome" to learn more. =)