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Intellectual property rights and food security.
Intellectual property rights and food security.

Editors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI (H ISBN 9781845935603)

This book examines the contribution which intellectual property rights can make in the struggle for food security in developing countries. The book consists of 11 chapters. Chapter 1 locates intellectual property rights within the armoury of food... More

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Intellectual property and food security - policy issues.
Intellectual property and food security - policy issues.
Chapter: 1 (Page no: 1)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

Chapter 1 locates intellectual property rights within the armoury of food security policies. The earliest policy approach to dealing with the question of food security addressed technological improvements in agriculture. The massive increase in... More

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Intellectual property and agriculture.
Intellectual property and agriculture.
Chapter: 2 (Page no: 22)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

This chapter deals with definitional issues and examines the role of intellectual property rights in incentivizing agricultural research and development. IP may be defined as those creations of the mind in relation to which the state confers a... More

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International intellectual property landscape.
International intellectual property landscape.
Chapter: 3 (Page no: 57)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

This chapter examines the international landscape of intellectual property and the approaches taken to the relationship between intellectual property rights (IPR), agricultural biotechnology, access to biological resources, food security and... More

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Plant variety protection and food security.
Plant variety protection and food security.
Chapter: 4 (Page no: 79)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

This chapter examines the effectiveness of Plant Variety Rights in a food security context. In Europe, the first formal suggestion for a sui generis type of protection for plant varieties occurred in the Congres pomologique de France of 1911. From... More

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Genetic resources for food and agriculture.
Genetic resources for food and agriculture.
Chapter: 5 (Page no: 95)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

This chapter attempts to construct an international regime to secure access of researchers to the genetic resources of the biodiverse countries of the South. Various episodes concerning the 'biopiracy' of agricultural resources, together with the... More

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Traditional agricultural knowledge and farmers
Traditional agricultural knowledge and farmers' rights.
Chapter: 6 (Page no: 122)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

This chapter examines the call for the recognition of farmers' rights together with agitation for the protection of the traditional knowledge which often informs access to the useful genetic resources. The concept of Farmers' Rights was developed... More

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Intellectual property aspects of genetically modified organisms and food security.
Intellectual property aspects of genetically modified organisms and food security.
Chapter: 7 (Page no: 142)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

This chapter examines the intellectual property implications of the use of genetically modified (GM) crops as a technological solution to food insecurity. On 3 March 1998, the USDA and the Delta & Pine Land Company were registered as assignees of... More

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Geographical indications and food security.
Geographical indications and food security.
Chapter: 8 (Page no: 183)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

This chapter examines the contribution of geographical indication to achieving food security. The GI has also been identified as a guarantee of food safety. This has become particularly important where agricultural diseases such as BSE and Avian... More

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Competition aspects.
Competition aspects.
Chapter: 9 (Page no: 209)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

This chapter examines the competition law implications of patent licensing, patent pools and patent thickets. Competition law is used in developed countries as a means of limiting the harmful effects of Intellectual Property Rights. Their... More

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Intellectual property and agricultural research.
Intellectual property and agricultural research.
Chapter: 10 (Page no: 225)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

This chapter examines the role of intellectual property rights in promoting agricultural research. Agricultural research plays a significant role in ameliorating food insecurity. An open source development in the field of agricultural research is... More

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Assessment of the relationship between intellectual property and food security.
Assessment of the relationship between intellectual property and food security.
Chapter: 11 (Page no: 234)

Authors(s): Blakeney, M.

2009 CABI

This chapter proposes a number of recommendations for action in deploying intellectual property law in the struggle for food security. Intellectual Property could make its greatest contribution in the incentivization of beneficial agricultural... More

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