Intellectual property and emerging technologies the new biology

Includes bibliographical references (p. 392-455) and index.

Of plants, pills, and patents : circulating knowledge / Eva Hemmungs Wirtén -- Bilski v. Kappos and biotechnology patents : back to the future? / Yann Joly and Francis Hemmings -- The current state of patent eligibility of medical and biotechnology inventions in the United States / Joshua D. Sarnoff -- Patent law, the emerging biotechnologies and the role of language in subject matter expansionism / Graham Dutfield -- Standards for biobank access and intellectual property / Dianne Nicol and Richard Gold -- The 1000 genomes project / Donna M. Gitter -- Building with biobricks : constructing a commons for synthetic biology research / Alison McLennan -- Regulating gene regulation : patenting small RNAs / Adam Bostanci, Jane Calvert and Pierre-Benoit Joly -- Stem cell patents : looking for serenity / Amina Agovic -- Cosmo, cosmolino : patent law and nanotechnology / Alison McLennan and Matthew Rimmer -- Patenting the Kakadu plum and the Marjarla tree : biodiscovery, intellectual property and indigenous knowledge / Sarah Holcombe and Terri Janke -- Climate-ready crops : intellectual property, agriculture, and climate change / Matthew Rimmer -- The doomsday vault : seed banks, food security, and climate change / Matthew Rimmer.