Intellectual Property Rights and the Life Science Industries

Intellectual Property Rights and the Life Science Industries

A Twentieth Century History

Dutfield, Graham

Taylor & Francis Ltd

07/2003

304

Dura

Inglês

9780754621119

15 a 20 dias

The move to patent everything is increasingly being seen as sinister, witness the success of Napster and the movement against globalization. This text draws attention to the creed that proposes that ownership privileges should over-ride community interests.
Contents: Introduction; Intellectual property in the global economy: high stakes and propaganda warfare; Intellectual property and regulation theory; The emergence of modern patent law; Organic chemistry and the synthetic dyestuff industry; The pharmaceutical industry; Biotechnology, genomics and the new life science corporations; Plant breeding, the seed industry, and plant breeders' rights; Towards a global IP regime: trade and diplomacy; Forums of resistance?; Epilogue: the life science industries in a patent-free world; Bibliography; Indices.
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