文档介绍：Intellectual Property and Biotechnology
Intellectual Property
and Biotechnology
Biological Inventions
Matthew Rimmer
Senior Lecturer, ACIPA, The Australian National University
College of Law, Australia
Edward Elgar
Cheltenham, UK • Northampton, MA, USA
© Matthew Rimmer 2008
© Michael Kirby, Foreword, 2008
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Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Glensanda House
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Cheltenham
Glos GL50 1UA
UK
Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc.
William Pratt House
9 Dewey Court
Northampton
Massachusetts 01060
USA
A catalogue record for this book
is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data
Rimmer, Matthew.
Intellectual property and biotechnology : biological inventions / by
Matthew Rimmer.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Intellectual property. 2. Biotechnology—Law and legislation. I. Title.
2007
’8—dc22
2007030342
ISBN 978 1 84542 947 8
Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall
Contents
Foreword The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG vi
Preface xi
Introduction 1
1Anything under the sun: patent law and anisms 24
2Franklin barley: patent law and plant breeders’ rights 50
3 The human chimera patent initiative: patent law and animals 82
4 The storehouse of knowledge: patent law, scientific discoveries
and products of nature 110
5 The book of life: patent law and the human genome project 138
6 The dilettante’s defence: patent law, research tools and
experimental use 164
7 The Utah saints: patent law and ic testing 187
8 The alchemy of junk: patent law and non-coding DNA 216
9 Still life with stem cells: patent law and human embryos 248
Conclusion.