Kshitij Kumar Singh <br/><br/>
Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights: Legal and Social Implications 

 - New Delhi:  Springer,   2015. 
 - xix, 254p. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-81-322-2975-9 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>1. Introduction<br/>1.1 Background<br/>1.2 Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights: A conceptual framework<br/>1.3 Nature, Purpose, and Focus of the Book<br/>1.4 The Framework of the Book<br/>2. Patentability of Biotechnology: A Comparative Study with regard to the USA, European Union, Canada and India<br/>2.1 Biotechnology and Patent Law<br/>2.2 Patentability of Biotechnology in the USA<br/>2.3 Patentability of Biotechnology In European Union<br/>2.4 Patentability of Biotechnology Inventions in Canada<br/>2.5 Patentability of Biotechnology Inventions in India<br/>3. Patentability of Biotechnology Under the International Patent Regime: Differentiation v. Harmonisation <br/>3.1 Territorial Nature of Patents<br/>3.2 Internationalisation of Patent System: From Territorial to Global Patent Regime<br/>3.3 Patentability of Biotechnology Under TRIPS: Interpreting TRIPS in the Light of Biotechnology Inventions<br/>3.4 Feasibility of a Uniform Global Patent System: Differentiation v.Harmonisation<br/>3.5 Implications of Setting up a Uniform World Patent References<br/>4. Legal, Social and Policy Implications of Genetic Patents: Issues of Accessibility, quality of research and Public Health<br/>5. Intellectual Property Protection to Bioinformatics and Genomic Databases and Open Source Analogy to Biotechnology<br/>6. Implications of Genetic Patents on Human Genetic Resources: Issues of Ownership, Benefit Sharing and Informed Consent
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>608.5:347.77  / KSH