Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Table and Figures ix
4. Foreword x
5. Abbreviations xii
6. Acknowledgments xv
7. Introduction 3
8. Perspectives on Regulatory Regimes
9. Biosafety and Intellectual Property Regimes as Elements of the IP–Regulatory Complex 15
10. The Treatment of Social and Ethical Concerns in Regulatory Responses to Agricultural Biotechnology 42
11. How the IP–Regulatory Complex Affects Incentives to Develop Socially Beneficial Products from Agricultural Genomics 68
12. Stealth Seeds 102
13. Intellectual Property Mechanisms and Counter-Movements
14. Implementing the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 143
15. Intellectual Property Management and Legitimization Processes in International and Controversial Environments 171
16. Future Directions
17. A Governance Approach to the Agricultural Genomics Intellectual Property–Regulatory Complex 195
18. Constructing an International Intellectual Property Acquis for the Agricultural Sciences 211
19. Contributors 234
20. Index 239