TY - BOOK AU - Kshitij Kumar Singh TI - Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights: Legal and Social Implications SN - 978-81-322-2975-9 U1 - 608.5:347.77 PY - 2015/// CY - New Delhi PB - Springer, KW - 1. Introduction KW - 1.1 Background KW - 1.2 Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights: A conceptual framework KW - 1.3 Nature, Purpose, and Focus of the Book KW - 1.4 The Framework of the Book KW - 2. Patentability of Biotechnology: A Comparative Study with regard to the USA, European Union, Canada and India KW - 2.1 Biotechnology and Patent Law KW - 2.2 Patentability of Biotechnology in the USA KW - 2.3 Patentability of Biotechnology In European Union KW - 2.4 Patentability of Biotechnology Inventions in Canada KW - 2.5 Patentability of Biotechnology Inventions in India KW - 3. Patentability of Biotechnology Under the International Patent Regime: Differentiation v. Harmonisation KW - 3.1 Territorial Nature of Patents KW - 3.2 Internationalisation of Patent System: From Territorial to Global Patent Regime KW - 3.3 Patentability of Biotechnology Under TRIPS: Interpreting TRIPS in the Light of Biotechnology Inventions KW - 3.4 Feasibility of a Uniform Global Patent System: Differentiation v.Harmonisation KW - 3.5 Implications of Setting up a Uniform World Patent References KW - 4. Legal, Social and Policy Implications of Genetic Patents: Issues of Accessibility, quality of research and Public Health KW - 5. Intellectual Property Protection to Bioinformatics and Genomic Databases and Open Source Analogy to Biotechnology KW - 6. Implications of Genetic Patents on Human Genetic Resources: Issues of Ownership, Benefit Sharing and Informed Consent ER -