| Description |
xxx, 383 pages : illustrations |
| Contents |
Seeds of change : a link among the legal, economic and agricultural biotechnology communities / J. P. Kesan -- 1. Agricultural innovation after the diffusion of intellectual property protection / B. Wright -- 2. Seed biotechnology, intellectual property and global agricultural competitiveness / P. D. Goldsmith, D. K. Nauriyal and W. Peng -- 3. History and trends in agricultural biotechnology patent law from a litigator's perspective / E. J. Sense -- 4. Rules versus standards for patent law in the plant sciences / M. D. Janis -- 5. Constitutional implications of state seed-saving statutes / A. B. Endres -- 6. Patented inventions and externalities : Hohfeldian legal relationships as they apply to pollen drift and other inadvertent use / M. M. Banik and P. J. Thomassin -- 7. Legal constraint of genetic use restriction technologies / B. L. Burk -- 8. Cereal offenders : access and equity in trade negotiations on knowledge resources / A. Taubman -- 9. Public provision of knowledge for policy research : the agricultural biotechnology intellectual property database / J. L. King and P. W. Heisey -- 10. Network analysis for interpreting patent data : a preliminary, visual approach / W. Lesser and C. Gomes -- 11. The impact of intellectual property rights in the plant and seed industry / T. Dhar and J. Foltz -- 12. Dynamic pricing mechanism to achieve Pareto optimality in a seed production contract / S. Umeno and J. P. Kesan -- 13. The economic incentive to innovate in plants : patents and plant breeders' rights / G. Moschini and O. Yerokhin -- 14. The strength and structure of intellectual bio-property markets / S. Buccola and Y. Xia -- 15. Insecure property rights and plant varieties : the effects on the market for seeds and on farmers in Argentina / J. P. Kesan and A. A. Gallo -- 16. The regulatory regime and its impact on innovation activities in agro-food biotechnology in the EU and USA / K. Menrad -- 17. The political economy of intellectual property : re-examining european policy on plant biotechnology / G. D. Graff and D. Zilberman -- 18. Reality and problems of plant protection under patent law and seed and seedlings law in Japan / Y. Hiraki -- 19. Plant variety protection in the republic of Korea / K.-S. Yoon -- 20. Economic impact assessment of intellectual property rights regulation : the case of Egypt / J. F. Oehmke and K. M. Maredia -- 21. Social and economic consequences of genetic use restriction technologies in developing countries / G. Dutfield -- 22. Agricultural biotechnology under TRIPS and beyond : addressing social policies in a pro-patent environment / C. M. Ho -- 23. To sow or not to sow : dilemmas in creating new rights in food / S. Ragavan -- 24. Biodiversity and biotechnology : a misunderstood relationship / J. Chen |
| Summary |
With the use of comparative studies, this book discusses the legal, agribusiness and public policy issues that connect intellectual property protection with advancements in agricultural biotechnology |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Agricultural biotechnology -- Patents.
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Intellectual property.
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| Genre/Form |
Patents.
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| Author |
Kesan, Jay P.
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| LC no. |
2006025113 |
| ISBN |
1845932013 (alk. paper) |
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9781845932015 |
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