David Koepsell 
Who Owns You? [PDF ebook] 
Science, Innovation, and the Gene Patent Wars

Acknowledgments viii
Preface to the Second Edition x
Foreword xiv
Introduction xxiv
1 Individual and Collective Rights in Genomic Data: Preliminary Issues 1
2 Ethics and Ontology: A Brief Discourse on Method 21
3 The Science of Genes 30
4 DNA, Species, Individuals, and Persons 52
5 Legal Dimensions in Gene Ownership 69
6 BRCA1 and 2: The Myriad Case and Beyond 88
7 Are Genes Intellectual Property? 101
8 DNA and The Commons 119
9 Pragmatic Considerations of Gene Ownership 137
10 Nature, Genes, and the Scientific Commons: A Social Ontology of Invention 155
11 So, Who Owns You? Some Conclusions About Genes, Property, and Personhood 165
Notes 182
Index 194

David Koepsell is an author, philosopher, attorney, and educator
whose recent research focuses on the nexus of science, technology,
ethics, and public policy. He has provided commentary regarding
ethics, society, religion, and technology for MSNBC, Fox News
Channel, The Guardian, The Washington Times, NPR
Radio, Radio Free Europe, Air America, The Atlanta Journal
Constitution, and the Associated Press, and other media. He is
currently Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives,
Comisión Nacional de Bioética, and a Visiting Professor
at UNAM Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, Mexico,
D.F.