TY - GEN AB - People, Plants, and Patents examines intellectual property and the patenting of life forms as bluntly and as fairly as possible. People, Plants, and Patents helps to identify the major points and the rangeof policy alternatives in this extraordinarily important, fast-changing, and politicized field. AU - Group, Crucible CN - K3876 CN - SB123.3 CN - Z656 ID - 20529 KW - Brevets d'invention. KW - Plants, Cultivated KW - Plant varieties KW - Germplasm resources, Plant. KW - Biodiversity conservation. KW - Biodiversity. KW - Copyright KW - Plants and civilization. KW - Patents. KW - Intellectual property. KW - Patents KW - Intellectual property KW - GATT : AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY KW - PLANT GENETIC EROSION KW - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY : PLANT BIODIVERSITY KW - PATENTS : PLANTS KW - PATENTS : ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION KW - Biodiversité KW - Obtentions végétales. KW - Plantes KW - Brevets d'invention. KW - Plantes. N1 - Contents : 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; 2. Plants : Plant genetic erosion; National conservation strategies; International strategies; The Convention on biological diversity; 3. People : Community innovation; National (public and private) innovation; 4. Patents : GATT and agricultural biodiversity; The patent option; The UPOV option; SUI GENERIS possibilities; The special case of international centres; 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;. N2 - People, Plants, and Patents examines intellectual property and the patenting of life forms as bluntly and as fairly as possible. People, Plants, and Patents helps to identify the major points and the rangeof policy alternatives in this extraordinarily important, fast-changing, and politicized field. SN - 0889367256 SN - 1552503089 T1 - People, plants, and patents :the impact of intellectual property on biodiversity, conservation, trade, and rural society / TI - People, plants, and patents :the impact of intellectual property on biodiversity, conservation, trade, and rural society / ER -