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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451013403321

Titolo

People, plants and patents [[electronic resource] ] : the impact of intellectual property on biodiversity, conservation, trade, and rural society / / the Crucible Group

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, c1994

ISBN

1-280-84968-1

9786610849680

1-55250-308-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (142 p.)

Disciplina

333.95/316

Soggetti

Germplasm resources, Plant

Plant varieties - Protection

Plants, Cultivated

Biodiversity conservation

Patents

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

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; The Policy Environment; Nurturing Diversity; Diversifying Innovation; Divining the Trade Options; 1. Policy; The Growing Importance of Plant Biodiversity; The Changing Role of Intellectual Property; The Place of Innovation; The Human Context; Different Viewpoints; 2. Plants; Plant Genetic Erosion; National Conservation Strategies; International Strategies; The Convention on Biological Diversity; Different Viewpoints; 3. People; Community Innovation; National (Public and Private) Innovation; 4. Patents; GATT and Agricultural Biodiversity

The Patent OptionThe UPOV Option; Sui Generis Possibilities; The Special Case of International Centres; Different Viewpoints; Appendices; 1. A Brief Chronology of the Patent Debate in the North; 2. The Biodiversity Convention; 3. TRIPS - Trade-Related IP; 4. National-International Seed Enterprises: Perspective from the Private Sector; 5. Comparison of Main Provisions of PBR under UPOV 1978 and 1991, and



Patent Law; 6. Patents on Plants; 7. Trade Secrets and Material Transfer Agreements; Glossary; Acronyms; Bibliography