The PGC encourages a responsible approach to management of intellectual property derived from downstream discoveries that is consistent with the recommendations of the NIH's Best Practices for the Licensing of Genomic Inventions and Research Tools Policy. (http://www.ott.nih.gov/policy/genomic_invention.html and http://ott.od.nih.gov/policy/research_tool.html)In particular, management of patent applications in a manner that restricts use of any findings or that might diminish the value and public benefit provided by these resources is discouraged.
