Patenting Lives reflects the critical issues arising from patents and biotechnology. The volume includes contributions from various interests and perspectives,
Introduction -- Defining the public interest in the US and European patent systems -- Confronting the questions of life-form patentability -- Commodification, a
Patenting Lives includes contributions from various interests and perspectives, both in the context of current international developments in life patents and th
This volume brings together a unique collection of legal, religious, ethical, and political perspectives to bear on debates concerning biotechnology patents, or
In Patent Wars, one of America's leading patent scholars provides an accessible overview of U.S. patent law; the arguments for and against patents; and the ongo