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Author Parthasarathy, Shobita.

Title Patent Politics : Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (299 pages)
Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Defining the Public Interest in the US and European Patent Systems; 2. Confronting the Questions of Life-Form Patentability; 3. Commodification, Animal Dignity, and Patent-System Publics; 4. Forging New Patent Politics Through the Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debates; 5. Human Genes, Plants, and the Distributive Implications of Patents; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Appendix 1: Major Events Related to the US and European Life-Form Patent Controversies; Appendix 2: Methodological Note; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary Over the past thirty years, the world's patent systems have experienced pressure from civil society like never before. From farmers to patient advocates, new voices are arguing that patents impact public health, economic inequality, morality - and democracy. These challenges, to domains that we usually consider technical and legal, may seem surprising. But in 'Patent Politics', Shobita Parthasarathy argues that patent systems have always been deeply political and social
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Biotechnology -- Patents
Patent laws and legislation -- United States -- History
Patent laws and legislation -- Europe -- History
Bioethics -- United States
Bioethics -- Europe
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Business Ethics.
Bioethics
Biotechnology
Patent laws and legislation
Patentrecht
Bioethik
Biotechnologie
Gentechnikrecht
Europe
United States
Genre/Form History
Patents
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016026515
ISBN 9780226437996
022643799X