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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450730203321

Titolo

Intellectual property rights in animal breeding and genetics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Max Rothschild and Scott Newman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub., c2002

ISBN

1-280-83369-6

9786610833696

0-85199-838-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

RothschildMax Frederick <1952->

NewmanScott

Disciplina

636.08/21

Soggetti

Livestock - Germplasm resources

Intellectual property

Electronic books.

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.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Patents, Trade Secrets and Other Forms of Intellectual Property Rights; 2 The Advent of Animal Patents: Innovation and Controversy in the Engineering and Ownership of Life; 3 The Economics of Patents; 4 Access to Data and Intellectual Property; 5 Global Intellectual Property: International Developments in Animal Patents; 6 The Public University, Intellectual Property and Agricultural R&D; 7 Lessons from the Patenting of Plants; 8 Patenting and Sequencing the Genome; 9 Open Source and Other Software Intellectual Property Models

10 Animals, Ethics and Patents11 Development of a Genetic Marker for Litter Size in the Pig: a Case Study; 12 Development and Commercialization of a Genetic Marker for Marbling of Beef in Cattle: a Case Study; 13 A Research and Patent Perspective of Nuclear Transfer Cloning: Case Studies; 14 Dairy Cattle Test Day Models: a Case Study; 15 Development and Commercialization of Software for Genetic Improvement Programmes: a Case Study; 16 Final Thoughts; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The purpose of this book is to review the role that intellectual property plays in the development of modern animal breeding and genetics.