Seeds of change : intellectual property protection for agricultural biotechnology / edited by Jay Kesan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kesan, Jay P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agricultural biotechnology--Patents.

Agricultural biotechnology.

Intellectual property.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (413 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : CABI, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the use of comparative studies, this book discusses the legal, agribusiness and public policy issues that connect intellectual property protection with advancements in agricultural biotechnology.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Seeds of Change: A Link among the Legal, Economic and Agricultural Biotechnology Communities; I: Introduction; II: Law; III: Technology; IV: Business; V: Comparative Studies; VI: International Regulation; 1 Agricultural Innovation after the Diffusion of Intellectual Property Protection; 2 Seed Biotechnology, Intellectual Property and Global Agricultural Competitiveness; 3 History and Trends in Agricultural Biotechnology Patent Law from a Litigator's Perspective; 4 Rules versus Standards for Patent Law in the Plant Sciences

5 Constitutional Implications of State Seed-saving Statutes6 Patented Inventions and Externalities: Hohfeldian Legal Relationships as They Apply to Pollen Drift and Other Inadvertent Use; 7 Legal Constraint of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies; 8 Cereal Offenders: Access and Equity in Trade Negotiations on Knowledge Resources; 9 Public Provision of Knowledge for Policy Research: The Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property Database; 10 Network Analysis for Interpreting Patent Data: A Preliminary, Visual Approach

11 The Impact of Intellectual Property Rights in the Plant and Seed Industry12 Dynamic Pricing Mechanism to Achieve Pareto Optimality in a Seed Production Contract; 13 The Economic Incentive to Innovate in Plants: Patents and Plant Breeders' Rights; 14 The Strength and Structure of Intellectual Bio-property Markets; 15 Insecure Property Rights and Plant Varieties: The Effects on the Market for Seeds and on Farmers in Argentina; 16 The Regulatory Regime and its Impact on Innovation Activities in Agro-food Biotechnology in the EU and USA

17 The Political Economy of Intellectual Property: Re-examining European Policy on Plant Biotechnology18 Reality and Problems of Plant Protection under Patent Law and Seed and Seedlings Law in Japan; 19 Plant Variety Protection in the Republic of Korea; 20 Economic Impact Assessment of Intellectual Property Rights Regulation: The Case of Egypt; 21 Social and Economic Consequences of Genetic Use Restriction Technologies in Developing Countries; 22 Agricultural Biotechnology under TRIPS and Beyond: Addressing Social Policies in a Pro-patent Environment

23 To Sow or Not to Sow: Dilemmas in Creating New Rights in Food24 Biodiversity and Biotechnology: A Misunderstood Relationship; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-90810-6

9786610908103

1-84593-203-X

OCLC:

262882115