The New Age Eugenics Of DNA Patenting

Abstract

'DNA Theft' is the new term employed to decipher the existing legal regime in the field of gene patenting. The oblivious nature of law has ceded transcending to a more flexible framework concerning the same. DNA is vested with a proprietary interest of ownership. 'Patenting gene' impinges the individual right to privacy. This paper analyzes the issue of ownership of DNA by examining the comparative study of patenting genes in the European Union and the United States.

Introduction

'Stealing DNA' can soon be the metaphor engulfing the field of Intellectual Property Regime. The twenty first century is welcoming the new age of eugenics and it is mandatory to understand the 'public's relationship with these emerging technologies'.¹