Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe
- ISBN-10
- 022643785X
- ISBN-13
- 9780226437859
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-02-21
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Author
- Shobita Parthasarathy
Description
Introduction -- Defining the public interest in the US and European patent systems -- Confronting the questions of life-form patentability -- Commodification, animal dignity, and patent-system publics -- Forging new patent politics through the human embryonic stem cell debates -- Human genes, plants, and the distributive implications of patents -- Conclusion
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