Law and Nanotechnology
The Stanford Law & Technology Association informs us that they are co-organizing a one-day nanotechnology conference at Stanford Law School (in California) on Saturday, April 9, 2005.
Topics for panel presentations include:
- What Law Is Needed for Nanotechnology?
- Are We in Danger of a Nanotechnology Patent Thicket?
- What Are the Social and Ethical Implications of Nanotechnology?
- What Nanotech Developments Are on the Immediate Horizon?
This looks like a good conference, and we certainly hope they will address not just near-term issues, but especially the longer-term and more serious implications of advanced nanotechnology.
Registration for professionals is $25, including lunch (pretty good deal!); for students it's FREE, also including lunch.
If you attend any of the sessions, please let us know if the concerns of CRN are addressed at all.
Has anyone written or know of a good summary article on law and nanotechnology? Something including but broader than merely patents?
Posted by: Kenneth De Ville | April 28, 2006 at 03:27 PM
A good (if somewhat dated) article is Forward to the Future: Nanotechnology and Regulatory Policy [PDF] by Glenn Reynolds. CRN's paper on "Safe Utilization of Advanced Nanotechnology" has some comments on Glenn's ideas.
Several of the first batch of essays from the CRN Task Force cover various legal issues, as will some essays in the second batch.
An excellent source of legal info on nanotech's impact is the Nanotechnology Law blog.
Posted by: Mike Treder, CRN | April 28, 2006 at 04:22 PM