Title Intellectual property and the design of nature / edited by Jose Bellido and Brad Sherman

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations Contents The Place of Nature in Intellectual Property -- 1. Vegetable Genius: Organic Figures of Originality -- 2. Denaturing Bacteria: The Sewage Patent Controversy and Biotechnology -- 3. The Essence of Biology: Tomatoes, Broccoli, and European Patents on Native Plant Traits -- 4. Intellectual Property's Antecedent: Seed Law and the Regulation of Biological Materials in British Colonial Gambia -- 5. Some Outlandish Legal Tales: The Debate over Plant Propagation -- 6. Novelties, Frauds, and Protections: The Seed and Nursery Business in Nineteenth-century America -- 7. Brands Matter: Nature, Economy, and the Gift -- 8. Copyright, Nature, and Travel Narratives: Publishing Cook's Voyages -- 9. Artificial Flowers: Plastic Nature, Synthetic Biology -- 10. Modified Pearl Oysters and Repeatable Peaches: Cultivation, Invention, and the Laws of Nature in Twentieth-century Japan -- 11. Scientific Activism and Intellectual Property: How UK-based Agroecologists and Plant Synthetic Biologists Have Challenged the Status Quo -- 6. Novelties, Frauds, and Protections: The Seed and Nursery Business in Nineteenth-century America -- 7. Brands Matter: Nature, Economy, and the Gift -- 8. Copyright, Nature, and Travel Narratives: Publishing Cook's Voyages -- 9. Artificial Flowers: Plastic Nature, Synthetic Biology -- 10. Modified Pearl Oysters and Repeatable Peaches: Cultivation, Invention, and the Laws of Nature in Twentieth-century Japan -- 11. Scientific Activism and Intellectual Property: How UK-based Agroecologists and Plant Synthetic Biologists Have Challenged the Status Quo -- 12. Creating New Values in Animals in the Era of Mendel's Rediscovery -- 13. Conceptualizing Nature as Information: Rendering South Asian Genetic Resources and Associated Knowledge Searchable and Legible -- Index Summary 'Intellectual Property and the Design of Nature' brings together scholars from different disciplines to reflect on the historical connections between intellectual property law and nature. It casts a new light on this relationship and demonstrates the central position nature occupies across the whole discipline Notes Also issued in print: 2023 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 21, 2023) Print version record Subject Intellectual property -- History Patents -- History Plant varieties -- Patents -- History Agricultural innovations -- History Plant varieties -- Protection -- History Agricultural innovations Intellectual property Patents Plant varieties -- Patents Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Bellido, Jose, editor Sherman, Brad, editor ISBN 9780191954948 0191954942 9780192679536 0192679538 9780192679529 019267952X

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