Category: Current Projects
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Space Law, Intellectual Property and Space Technology
Space technology a field of growing importance, for fields such as modern communications as well as areas as diverse as climate change, national security and agriculture. The legal framework within which space technology operates is integral to its development and use, but traditional legal frameworks may not be well developed to enable the flourishing of…
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Global Food Security, Climate Change, and Resilience
The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Exeter have recently come together to create the Joint Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Resilience (ENSURE). ENSURE will bring together interdisciplinary groups of researchers from both institutions to tackle some of the major environmental and health challenges facing the world today. In recent weeks, the…
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The Impact of Patents on Translational Research: Non-Invasive Prenatal Diagnosis in Europe and the US
The intersection of patent law with cutting edge biomedical science presents important challenges to the operation of the law, both in theory and in practice. This research explores the role that patents play in the development and delivery of non-invasive prenatal testing, and considers the implications for the wider field of patents in emerging technologies…