Current HUGO Intellectual Property Committee members include:

• Professor Joseph Straus (Germany),
• Chairperson Professor Charles Auffray (France)
• Prof. Jean-Jacques Cassiman (Belgium)
• Dr Peter N Goodfellow (UK)
• Dr Tim Harris (USA)
• Prof Ulf Landegren (Sweden)
• Professor Eric S Lander (USA)
• Dr Hatushi Shimizu (Japan)
• Dr Sandy Thomas (UK)
• Mr Jacques Warcoin (France)

Statements released by the HUGO Intellectual Property Committee:

• Statement on the Scope of Gene Patents, Research Exemption and Licensing of Patented Gene Sequences for Diagnostics, December 2003
• Statement on Patenting of DNA Sequences in Particular Response to the European Biotechnology Directive, April 2000
• Statement on Patenting on Patenting Issues Related To Early Release of Sequence Data, May 1997