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The museum of bioprospecting, intellectual property, and the public domain : a place, a process, a philosophy /

The museum of bioprospecting, intellectual property, and the public domain : a place, a process, a philosophy / The Museum of Bioprospecting, Intellectual Property, & the Public Domain edited by Joseph Henry Vogel ; contributors, María Jose Moreno Viqueira [and others] ; translations by Camilo Comides ; illustrations by Carlos A. Muñiz-Osorio. - 1 online resource (xxix, 144 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

The Bauplan / Looking the gorgon in the face : the ubiquity of propaganda and the business of debate / Museums as venues for polemics : exhibits tha provoke controversy, argumentation or refutation / The museum as a vehicle for considered judgments on access and benefit sharing / Clearing the air : applying the intellectual property framework to individual, community, and national rights in the Convention on Biological Diversity / The anti-commons threat to farmers' rights : the case of crop germplasm / The moral foundation of intellectual property and conservation through access and benefit-sharing / The nameless interloper in The museum of bioprospecting, intellectual property, and the public domain / The original essay : a proposal based on The tragedy of the commons : the museum of bioprospecting, intellectual property, and the public domain / Joseph Henry Vogel -- Joseph Henry Vogel -- María José Moreno Viqueira -- Manuel Ruiz -- Tomme Young -- Stephen B. Brush -- Charles R. McManis -- Valentina Delich ; translation, Camilo Gomides -- Joseph Henry Vogel. Introduction: Conclusions: Appendix:

'The Museum of Bioprospecting, Intellectual Property, and the Public Domain' discusses the issue of intellectual property rights versus the public domain in facilitating access to genetic resources for biotechnology development, through a dialogue between seven fictional scholars and a hilarious octogenarian.

9780857289605 (ebook)


Intellectual property.
Biotechnology--Law and legislation.
Biological products--Law and legislation.

K1401 / .M878 2010

346.048