Intellectual Property Rights and the Life Science Industries
Subtitle: A 20th Century History (Globalization and Law)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780754621119
Subjects: Biology, Life Sciences; Intellectual property, copyright & patents; Law; Intellectual property (Interna; Legal Reference / Law Profession; Research; Life sciences; Law and legislation; International; Intellectual Property - General; Biotechnology industries; History; Intellectual property (International law)
First sentence: For most developed countries, the contribution of advanced technologies to economic performance in terms of manufacturing value added and exports has increased substantially since the early 1970s.