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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910446338303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : CABI, 2007
• ISBN: 1-280-90810-6; 9786610908103; 1-84593-203-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (413 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): KesanJay P
• Disciplina: 631.5/233
• Soggetti: Agricultural biotechnology; Intellectual property
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.