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Intellectual property rights and the life science industries : past, present and future / Graham Dutfield.
Van Pelt Library K1519.B54 D88 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dutfield, Graham.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellectual property.
- Patent laws and legislation.
- Life sciences--Law and legislation.
- Life sciences.
- Life sciences--Patents.
- Patents.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 410 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, 2009.
- Summary:
- This work explores the co-evolution of the life sciences, business, and the patent system. The author discusses the extent to which advances in the life sciences were determined by the profit motive and the availability of the patent system, the ways the structure and size of the life science industries have been affected by science and patents, and the way that the institution of patents have evolved in response to both science and to business and other interest groups. Included within the discussion are case studies of patents of the past, description of the current landscape of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, and exploration of the future of patents and the life sciences industry. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Previous ed.: Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789812832276
- 9812832270
- OCLC:
- 297803759
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