Intellectual property: Pervasive influence: intellectual property, Industrial history, and university science

摘要

To date, research on university-industry rela- tions in biotechnology in the United States has focused on the direct and immediate effects of industry involvement with university scientists on the culture of academic science. Attention has been aimed at restrictions on the flow of scientific information and patron roles in agenda setting. Drawing on ethnographic and documentary data, this article explores the in- direct and pervasive effects on the practices of academic scientists of undertaking research in an environment shaped by the US intellectual property regime and an industry's historical domination of a field of scientific investigation.