| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 482 pages) |
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Queen Mary studies in intellectual property |
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Queen Mary studies in intellectual property.
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| Contents |
Of plants, pills, and patents : circulating knowledge / Eva Hemmungs Wirtén -- Bilski v. Kappos and biotechnology patents : back to the future? / Yann Joly and Francis Hemmings -- The current state of patent eligibility of medical and biotechnology inventions in the United States / Joshua D. Sarnoff -- Patent law, the emerging biotechnologies and the role of language in subject matter expansionism / Graham Dutfield -- Standards for biobank access and intellectual property / Dianne Nicol and Richard Gold -- The 1000 genomes project / Donna M. Gitter -- Building with biobricks : constructing a commons for synthetic biology research / Alison McLennan -- Regulating gene regulation : patenting small RNAs / Adam Bostanci, Jane Calvert and Pierre-Benoit Joly -- Stem cell patents : looking for serenity / Amina Agovic -- Cosmo, cosmolino : patent law and nanotechnology / Alison McLennan and Matthew Rimmer -- Patenting the Kakadu plum and the Marjarla tree : biodiscovery, intellectual property and indigenous knowledge / Sarah Holcombe and Terri Janke -- Climate-ready crops : intellectual property, agriculture, and climate change / Matthew Rimmer -- The doomsday vault : seed banks, food security, and climate change / Matthew Rimmer |
| Summary |
This unique and comprehensive collection investigates the challenges posed to intellectual property by recent paradigm shifts in biology. It explores the legal ramifications of emerging technologies, such as genomics, synthetic biology, stem cell research, nanotechnology, and biodiscovery. Extensive contributions examine recent controversial court decisions in patent law - such as Bilski v. Kappos, and the litigation over Myriad's patents in respect of BRCA1 and BRCA2 - while other papers explore sui generis fields, such as access to genetic resources, plant breeders' rights, and traditional k |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-455) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Technological innovations -- Law and legislation.
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Intellectual property.
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Intellectual Property
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intellectual property.
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LAW -- Business & Financial.
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LAW -- Intellectual Property -- General.
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Intellectual property
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Technological innovations -- Law and legislation
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Biotechnologie.
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Recht van de intellectuele eigendom.
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Upphovsrätt.
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Tekniska innovationer -- juridik och lagstiftning.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rimmer, Matthew
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McLennan, Alison
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| LC no. |
2011932890 |
| ISBN |
9781781001189 |
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1781001189 |
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