Intellectual property rights in agricultural biotechnology/ Erbisch, F.H.[ed.]

Part I: Issues and Principles1: Introduction to intellectual properties, F H Erbisch and B L Smiler, Hagan & Schaeff, Ohio, USA2: Acquiring protection for improved germplasm and inbred lines, J H Barton, Stanford University, CA, USA3: Transferring intellectual properties, F H Erbisch and A J Fischer, US Patent and Trademark Office, Washington, DC, USA4: Capacity building in intellectual property management in agricultural biotechnology, K M Maredia and F H Erbisch5: Plant variety protection in the USA, J M Strachan, USDA, Maryland, USA6: Farmers' rights over plant genetic resources in the South: Challenges and Opportunities, K Patel, University of Guelph, Canada7: Economic aspects of Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Biotechnology, M K Maredia, J F Oehmke, Michigan State University, USA and D Byerlee, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USAPart II: Country and Regional Case Studies8: Egypt, A El-Azab, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Giza, Egypt9: South Africa, R A Wolson, University of Cape Town, South Africa10: Australia, M Blakeney, University of London, London, UK11: China, T Loke-Khoon, Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong12: Issues on Intellectual Property Rights associated with agrobiotechnology in Japan, K N Watanabe, University of Tsukuba, Japan and A Komamine, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Tokyo, Japan13: India, P Ganguli, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India14: Intellectual Property Rights in the Russian Federation, T A Young, Texas A&M University System, USA and D Shulgin, The Ural State Technical University, Russia15: Andean Pact countries of Latin America, W R Jaffe, Agroecologica Platom C.A., Venezuela and E Arteaga-Marcano, Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Venezuela16: Costa Rica, S Salazar, Costa Rica17: European Union, R S Crespi, Consultant, UK18: Indonesia, T Subagyo, UNEP-GEF, Indonesia19: Exercising Intellectual Property Rights management in Brazil: research, technology transfer and agribusiness after TRIPS, M J Amstalden Sampio, Embrapa, Brazil, M Maia de Rocha, INPI, Brazil and E A B Brito da Cunha, SPRI, Brazil