The sustainability of plants and plant intellectual property rights
By: Abeba Tadesse Gebreselassie
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: DJØF Pub.; Sold and distributed in North America by International Specialized Book Services
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Copenhagen; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9788757426656
Subjects: Sustainable agriculture; Plant varieties; Agriculture and state; Environmental law; Convention on Biological Diversity; Patents
Description: "In a topical, novel and systematic fashion, this exciting new book analyzes the way that intellectual property law, environmental law and agricultural law affect the sustainability of plants. Specifically, the book explores the way that these competing areas of law impact on the way that plant genetic resources are accessed and used, in particular as regards the access and benefit-sharing regimes established under the Convention on Biological Diversity. The book not only explains the position of plant genetic resources within the complex regulatory framework that has taken shape over the last twenty or so years, it also identifies the problems that arise because of the fact that plant genetic resources may originate in one country but physically be available elsewhere. One of the strengths of this book is that it develops novel and workable solutions to deal with these transnational problems. This book will be of interest to policy-makers, researchers, lawyers, and international organizations who work in the fields of intellectual property rights, environmental law, biodiversity, and agricultural law"--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Handelshøjskolen, Aarhus Universitet, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-285) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Regulation of plants; title: Sustainable development; title: Material transfer agreements : a case study; title: On the road to conservation : implications of gene banks; title: Balance and flexibilities in plant IP laws; title: The protection of new varieties of plants : the European and the African perspective; title: In favor of the CBD/IT-PGRFA : patent or PVR?; title: The Nagoya ABS Protocol; title: Disclosure of origin or prior art?; title: Conclusion.