Yeah that&#x27;s why I asked. On first thought it was &quot;well yeah, it is their brain of course they own it&quot;. But then I could think of scenarios where imaging centers, doctors, hospitals, equipment manufacturers could get wierd about it.<p>I found a case in Canada, for example, about a hospital asserting ownership rights to a biopsy tissue sample.<p>Then remembered the DNA patentability case not too long ago as well:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ass&#x27;n_for_Molecular_Pathology_v._Myriad_Genetics,_Inc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Ass&#x27;n_for_Molecular_Pathology_...</a>.