Agriculture and intellectual property rights : economic, institutional, and implementation issues in biotechnology / edited by V. Santaniello ... [et al.].
Agriculture and intellectual property rights : economic, institutional, and implementation issues in biotechnology / edited by V. Santaniello ... [et al.].
0851994571 alk. paper 9780851994574 alk. paper 0851997104 electronic book 9780851997100 electronic book 1280828951 9781280828959 1420053612 print
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G 252 SAN.A
Summary
Plant breeding patents, the ownership of biological innovation and associated intellectual property rights (IPR) are the subject of increased attention worldwide. Particularly relevant to the field of biotechnology, this book presents the perspectives of policy-makers and economists on such issues.
Note
Papers arised from the conference entitled "The Shape of the Coming Agricultural Biotechnology Transformation: Strategic Investment and Policy Approaches from an Economic Perspective" convened by the International Consortium on Agricultural Biotechnology Research held at the University of Rome - Tor Vergata, Italy, 1999. Derivante dal convegno "The shape of the coming agricultural biotechnology transformation: strategic investment and policy approaches from an economic perspective", organizzato dall'International consortium on agricultural biotechnology research (ICABR) e svoltosi all'Università di Roma-Tor Vergata dal 17 al 19 giugno del 1999.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Patent and other private legal rights for biotechnology inventions (Intellectual Property Rights - IPR); 2. Intellectual property rights of plant varieties and of biotechnology in the European Union; 3. Intellectual property rights under the convention on biological diversity; 4. An economic approach to identifying an 'Effective sui generis 'system' for plant variety protection under TRIPs; 5. Recent intellectual property rights controversies and issues at the CGIAR; 6. Economics of intellectual property rights for agricultural technology; 7.The market value of farmers' rights; 8. International crop breeding in a world of proprietary technology; 9. Knowledge management and the economics of agricultural biotechnology; 10. Comparing allocation of resources in public and private research; 11. Biotechnology inventions: what can we learn from patents?; 12. Biotechnology inventions: patent data evidence; 13. Property rights and regulations for transgenic crops in North America; 14. Intellectual property rights, canola and public research in Canada.