Ebook: Patenting Lives (Intellectual Property, Theory, Culture)

This collection includes contributions from various interests and perspectives, in the context of current international developments in life patents, and the global agenda of harmonisation of international intellectual property. The book is divided into five sections reflecting the critical issues arising from patents and biotechnology - Context; Human Rights and Ethical Frameworks; Medicine and Public Health; Traditional Knowledge; and, Agriculture. The international contributors from government, civil society, academia and the private sector provide diverse perspectives on life patents and the facilitation of social, cultural and economic development in the context of international principles of trade.