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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792511903321

Autore

Dutfield Graham

Titolo

Intellectual property rights and the life science industries : a twentieth century history / / Graham Dutfield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-351-92713-2

1-138-27782-7

1-315-25213-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Globalization and law

Disciplina

341.7/58

Soggetti

Biotechnology industries - Law and legislation - History

Intellectual property (International law) - History

Life sciences - Research - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2003 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1. Intellectual property in the global economy : high stakes and propaganda warfare -- 2. Intellectual property and regulation theory -- 3. The emergence of modern patent law -- 4. Organic chemistry and the synthetic dyestuff industry -- 5. The pharmaceutical industry -- 6. Biotechnology, genomics and the new life science corporations -- 7. Plant breeding, the seed industry and plant breeders' rights -- 8. Towards a global IP regime : trade and diplomacy -- 9. Forums of resistance? -- 10. Epilogue : the life science industries in a patent-free world.