Intellectual Property and Emerging Technologies

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Contents: Introduction Inventing Life: Intellectual Property and the New Biology Alison McLennan and Matthew Rimmer PART I: A HISTORY OF BIODISCOVERY 1. Of Plants, Pills, and Patents: Circulating Knowledge Eva Hemmungs Wirten PART II: MEDICINE, BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND GENOMICS 2. Bilski v. Kappos and Biotechnology Patents: Back to the Future? Yann Joly and Francis Hemmings 3. The Current State of Patent Eligibility of Medical and Biotechnology Inventions in the United States Joshua D. Sarnoff 4. Patent Law, the Emerging Biotechnologies and the Role of Language in Subject Matter Expansionism Graham Dutfield PART III: BIOBANKS, BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOBRICKS 5. Standards for Biobank Access and Intellectual Property Dianne Nicol and Richard Gold 6. The 1000 Genomes Project Donna M. Gitter 7. Building with Biobricks: Constructing a Commons for Synthetic Biology Research Alison McLennan PART IV: GENETICS, STEM CELLS, AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 8. Regulating Gene Regulation: Patenting Small RNAs Adam Bostanci, Jane Calvert and Pierre-Benoit Joly 9. Stem Cell Patents: Looking for Serenity Amina Agovic 10. Cosmo, Cosmolino: Patent Law and Nanotechnology Alison McLennan and Matthew Rimmer PART V: BIODIVERSITY, FOOD SECURITY, AND CLIMATE CHANGE 11. Patenting The Kakadu Plum and the Marjarla Tree: Biodiscovery, Intellectual Property and Indigenous Knowledge Sarah Holcombe and Terri Janke 12. Climate-Ready Crops: Intellectual Property, Agriculture, and Climate Change Matthew Rimmer 13. The Doomsday Vault: Seed Banks, Food Security, and Climate Change Matthew Rimmer Bibliography Index