Intellectual property law of plants / Mark D. Janis, Herbert H. Jervis and Richard C. Peet.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

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Intellectual property -- United States.

Biotechnology -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Plants.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Overview : the intellectual property complex for plants

Innovation in plant breeding

An overview of UPOV system

US plant variety protection

Plant breeders' rights outside the United States

US plant patent protection

US utility patent protection

Utility patent protection for plants outside the United States

Transactional law and plants

Variety denominations, trademarks, and unfair competition protection

Trade secret protection

Regulations on plant generic resources.

The concept that biological material - plants specifically - can be the subject of intellectual property protection was recognized in the United States in the early 1930s. In order to protect investments in research and development in the area of "elite plants" the need for robust intellectual property protection is undoubted. This book analyses the highly specialized body of intellectual property law that has been created for various sorts of plant innovation at both an international and domestic level.

Detailed table of contents available via online link.

Table of contents and index are taken from the published work with the permission of the publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780198700913

xliii, 545 p. : ill. ; 24 cm