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David R. Koepsell

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David is an author, philosopher, attorney, and educator whose recent research focuses on the nexus of science, technology, ethics, and public policy. He teaches at the Delft University of Technology, and lives in The Netherlands.

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Final nail in the coffin

In a final blow to Myriad, who had won in two lower courts in Australia upholding its patents there, the High Court just ruled that their patents are invalid, citing reasoning echoing the US Supreme Court and that I argued in my book Who Owns You. The rest is now history. Reason once again prevails in one small area of patent law. Read more of this blog post »

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	Breaking Bad and Philosophy: Badder Living through Chemistry by David R. Koepsell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert Arp (Editor) 3.30 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Owns You?: The Corporate Gold Rush to Patent Your Genes 3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ontology of Cyberspace: Philosophy, Law, and the Future of Intellectual Property 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Innovation and Nanotechnology: Converging Technologies and the End of Intellectual Property really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Owns You?: Science, Innovation, and the Gene Patent Wars (Blackwell Public Philosophy Series Book 16) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John Searle's Ideas About Social Reality: Extensions, Criticisms, and Reconstructions (Economics and Sociology Thematic Issue) by David R. Koepsell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Laurence S. Moss (Editor), Laurence Moss really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reboot World it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking Bad e a filosofia: Viver melhor com a química it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Sisyphus knows at every moment rolling the giant boulder that this fate was his own doing since he knew when he defied the gods he would be punished, and so he owns his punishment. Sisyphus also wouldn't give the gods the pleasure of seeing him suffer or be defeated, so he scorns them by owning the rock and making it meaningful.”
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