Intellectual property rights in animal breeding and genetics / edited by Max Rothschild and Scott Newman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rothschild, Max Frederick, 1952-

Newman, Scott, 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Livestock--Germplasm resources--Patents.

Livestock.

Intellectual property.

Livestock--Germplasm resources.

Patents.

Physical Description:

xx, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; New York : CABI Pub., [2002]

Summary:

Intellectual property and patents involving animals is an ever-changing field. The purpose of this book is to review the role that intellectual property plays in the development of modern animal breeding and genetics. It includes discussion of the history of animal patenting, common forms of intellectual property, economic issues related to patent protection and the funding of research, ethical issues, and the consequences of intellectual property in the modern animal genetics market place.

Contents:

1. Patents, Trade Secrets and Other Forms of Intellectual Property Rights / William Lesser 1

2. The Advent of Animal Patents: Innovation and Controversy in the Engineering and Ownership of Life / Daniel J. Kevles 17

3. The Economics of Patents / Corinne Langinier, GianCarlo Moschini 31

4. Access to Data and Intellectual Property / Margaret M. Dunbar 51

5. Global Intellectual Property: International Developments in Animal Patents / Andrew Blattman, John McCann, Colin Bodkin, Jovanka Naumoska 63

6. The Public University, Intellectual Property and Agricultural R&D / Thomas A. Fretz, David R. MacKenzie 85

7. Lessons from the Patenting of Plants / William Lesser, Martha Mutschler 103

8. Patenting and Sequencing the Genome / Heidi S. Nebel, Lila A.T. Akrad, Tonya Y. Brady 119

9. Open Source and Other Software Intellectual Property Models / Scott Newman, Bruce L. Golden 147

10. Animals, Ethics and Patents / Donald Evans 163

11. Development of a Genetic Marker for Litter Size in the Pig: a Case Study / Max Rothschild, Graham S. Plastow 179

12. Development and Commercialization of a Genetic Marker for Marbling of Beef in Cattle: a Case Study / William Barendse 197

13. A Research and Patent Perspective of Nuclear Transfer Cloning: Case Studies / Robin Teskin, Jose Cibelli 213

14. Dairy Cattle Test Day Models: a Case Study / Lawrence R. Schaeffer 233

15. Development and Commercialization of Software for Genetic Improvement Programmes: a Case Study / Brian Kinghorn, Susan Meszaros, John Wooliams 247

16. Final Thoughts / Max Rothschild, Scott Newman 263.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0851996418

OCLC:

49673068