Intellectual property and biotechnology : biological inventions / Matthew Rimmer.
This book documents and evaluates the dramatic expansion of intellectual property law to accommodate various forms of biotechnology from micro-organisms, plants, and animals to human genes and stem cells. It makes a unique theoretical contribution to the controversial public debate over the commerci...
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Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA :
Edward Elgar,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Anything under the sun : patent law and micro-organisms
- 2. Franklin barley : patent law and plant breeders' rights
- 3. The human chimera patent initiative : patent law and animals
- 4. The storehouse of knowledge : patent law, scientific discoveries and products of nature
- 5. The book of life : patent law and the human genome project
- 6. The dilettante's defence : patent law, research, tools and experimental use
- 7. The Utah saints : patent law and genetic testing
- 8. The alchemy of junk : patent law and non-coding DNA
- 9. Still life with stem cells : patent law and human embryos
- Conclusion : Blue Sky research. : patent law and frontier technologies.