Gene cartels biotech patents in the age of free trade

Explores how patents have been used as an economic protectionist tool, developing and evolving to the point where thousands of patents have been ultimately granted, not over inventions, but over isolated or purified biological materials. This book questions whether the continuing grant of patents ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Palombi, Luigi (-)
Otros Autores: Blumberg, Baruch S.
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar cop. 2009
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Sumario:Explores how patents have been used as an economic protectionist tool, developing and evolving to the point where thousands of patents have been ultimately granted, not over inventions, but over isolated or purified biological materials. This book questions whether the continuing grant of patents can be justified when they are used to suppress
Descripción Física:XVI, 394 p. ; 24 cm
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 341-376) e índice
ISBN:9781847208361