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ROYAL SOCIETY: Report Deplores Growth in Academic Patenting
Jennifer Couzin
Alarmed by what it sees as a rush to patent, the United Kingdom's premier scientific academy is warning academic researchers and their governments that the free exchange of ideas could get trampled in the stampede.