Rights to Plant Genetic Resources And Traditional Knowledge—Basic Issues And Perspectives

Can you get a patent on a plant's genetic makeup? Does knowledge passed from generation to generation constitute intellectual property? The contributors of this collection of nine papers focus on how national, international and local regulations apply to both plant genetic resources (PGRs) and intellectual property rights (IPRs), and how PGRs and IPRs related to global development and sustainability, addressing the problems and goals of biodiversity and traditional knowledge, the current law of plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge, intellectual property rights, origins and allocations of traditional knowledge and landraces, a new generation of IPR for the protection of traditional knowledge in PGR for food and other uses, flanking policies in national and international law, new collective policies, and international trade regulation for plant genetic resources and related products. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)