Sony and the human genome analysis

@japantimes makes it clear: Sony + illumina + Genome….to sell information compiled in databases to drugmakers…http://t.co/fWKvYwZ5gX
— Portable Genomics (@portablegenomic) August 29, 2013

@paul_sonnier knowledge is power but what about information, who owns information and decision to monetize information? the patients, right?
— Portable Genomics (@portablegenomic) August 29, 2013

"In general, software patents are counter-productive, often used obstructively and get in the way of innovation. New Zealand has sided with companies such as the so-over-patent-disputes Google and the patents-what-patents Facebook in its quest for more freedom in innovation."

@Paul_Sonnier @portablegenomic What if digital genomic data=software?Software patents are now illegal in New Zealand http://t.co/VxJd66RVbG
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) August 29, 2013