Intellectual Property and Biotechnology: Biological InventionsDr Rimmer s book is a marvellous introduction to a crucial topic of our time. He writes engagingly, provocatively and always with good humour. A highly technical and complex area of law has been reduced to clear descriptions and searching analysis. Truly, |
Contents
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patent law and plant breeders rights | 50 |
patent law and animals | 82 |
patent law scientific discoveries and products of nature | 110 |
patent law and the human genome project | 138 |
patent law research tools and experimental use | 164 |
patent law and genetic testing | 187 |
patent law and noncoding DNA | 216 |
patent law and human embryos | 248 |
patent law and frontier technologies | 280 |
Bibliography | 308 |
Index | 363 |
Other editions - View all
Intellectual Property and Biotechnology: Biological Inventions Matthew Rimmer No preview available - 2008 |
Intellectual Property and Biotechnology: Biological Inventions Matthew Rimmer No preview available - 2011 |
Common terms and phrases
ALRC America Holdings American amicus curiae Applera bioinformatics Biotechnology Advisory Committee BRCA1 Canada The Commissioner Canadian Biotechnology Advisory College v Canada Commissioner of Patents decision defence of experimental Diamond v Chakrabarty Duke University embryonic stem cells ethical European Patent Office Federal Circuit gene patents Genetic Technologies Limited Grain Pool Health Hi-Bred International Inc higher life forms Holdings v Metabolite Human Genome Ibid innovation Institut Curie Integra Lifesciences Intellectual Property intellectual property rights JEM Ag Supply Laboratory Corp Law Review Merck KGaA Metabolite Laboratories Monsanto Canada Inc Myriad Genetics nanotechnology Opposition Division Patent and Trademark patent application patent infringement patent law patent protection patent system patentable subject matter patented invention Patents Act 1990 pharmaceutical Pioneer Hi-Bred International plant breeders protein proteomics Public Patent Foundation Schmeiser Science scientific sequence stem cell research Supreme Court tion Trademark Office United States Patent USPTO utility