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Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00110823

Autore

Rimmer, Matthew

Titolo

Intellectual property and biotechnology : biological inventions / Matthew Rimmer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cheltenham ; Northampton, : Elgar, 2008

ISBN

978-18-454-2947-8

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 377 p. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

Proprietà intellettuale

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book documents and evaluates the dramatic expansion of intellectual property law to accommodate various forms of biotechnology from micro-organisms, plants, and animals to human genes and stem cells. It makes a unique theoretical contribution to the controversial public debate over the commercialization of biological inventions.