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

xxiii, 116 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

0889367256
1552503089 electronic book
9780889367258
9781552503089 e-book

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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.

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;.

Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, c1994.

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