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Intellectual property and emerging technologies : the new biology / edited by Matthew Rimmer, Alison McLennan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Queen Mary studies in intellectual property.
- Queen Mary studies in intellectual property
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellectual property.
- Biotechnology--Law and legislation.
- Biotechnology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (498 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, U.K. : Edward Elgar, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This unique and comprehensive collection investigates the challenges posed to intellectual property by recent paradigm shifts in biology. It explores the legal ramifications of emerging technologies, such as genomics, synthetic biology, stem cell research, nanotechnology, and biodiscovery. Extensive contributions examine recent controversial court decisions in patent law - such as Bilski v. Kappos, and the litigation over Myriad's patents in respect of BRCA1 and BRCA2 - while other papers explore sui generis fields, such as access to genetic resources, plant breeders' rights, and traditional k
- Contents:
- pt. 1. A history of biodiscovery
- pt. 2. Medicine, biotechnology and genomics
- pt. 3. Biobanks, bioinformatics and biobricks
- pt. 4. Genetics, stem cells and nanotechnology
- pt. 5. Biodiversity, food security and climate change.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-49323-2
- 9786613588463
- 1-78100-118-9
- OCLC:
- 778551605
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