|
Showing 1 - 5 of
5 matches in All Departments
This work presents an authoritative examination of the
inter-relationships between the law, intellectual property rights,
biodiversity protection, biotechnology and the protection of
traditional knowledge. It includes twenty-eight chapters from
dozens of international legal and scientific experts containing a
comprehensive assessment of the issues complete with thorough
references; and an essential references for all legal libraries,
legal practitioners, science libraries, corporations involved in
pharmaceuticals or biotechnology and conservationists and other
NGOs. How do we promote global economic development, while
simultaneously preserving local biological and cultural diversity?
This authoritative volume, written by leading legal experts and
biological and social scientists from around the world, aims to
address this question in all of its complexity.
This guide offers a broad summary of the law of intellectual
property (patents, copyrights trademarks, trade secrets, and a
variety of other sui generis forms of protection for innovations
and creativity) and the law of unfair competition (trademark
infringement, passing off, trade disparagement, and deceptive
advertising).It also touches on related fields of law, such as
antitrust, consumer protection, regulated industries, and the law
governing interference with contractual and noncontractual
relations.
This volume provides a reference textbook and comprehensive
compilation of multifaceted perspectives on the legal issues
arising from the conservation and exploitation of non-human
biological resources. Contributors include leading academics,
policy-makers and practitioners reviewing a range of socio-legal
issues concerning the relationships between humankind and the
natural world. The Routledge Handbook of Biodiversity and the Law
includes chapters on fundamental and cutting-edge issues, including
discussion of major legal instruments such as the Convention on
Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol. The book is divided
into six distinct parts based around the major objectives which
have emerged from legal frameworks concerned with protecting
biodiversity. Following introductory chapters, Part II examines
issues relating to conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity, with Part III focusing on access and benefit-sharing.
Part IV discusses legal issues associated with the protection of
traditional knowledge, cultural heritage and indigenous human
rights. Parts V and VI focus on a selection of intellectual
property issues connected to the commercial exploitation of
biological resources, and analyse ethical issues, including
viewpoints from economic, ethnobotanical, pharmaceutical and other
scientific industry perspectives.
How do we promote global economic development, while simultaneously
preserving local biological and cultural diversity? This
authoritative volume, written by leading legal experts and
biological and social scientists from around the world, aims to
address this question in all of its complexity. The first part of
the book focuses on biodiversity and examines what we are losing,
why and what is to be done. The second part addresses biotechnology
and looks at whether it is part of the solution or part of the
problem, or perhaps both. The third section examines traditional
knowledge, explains what it is and how, if at all, it should be
protected. The fourth and final part looks at ethnobotany and
bioprospecting and offers practical lessons from the vast and
diverse experiences of the contributors.
This volume provides a reference textbook and comprehensive
compilation of multifaceted perspectives on the legal issues
arising from the conservation and exploitation of non-human
biological resources. Contributors include leading academics,
policy-makers and practitioners reviewing a range of socio-legal
issues concerning the relationships between humankind and the
natural world. The Routledge Handbook of Biodiversity and the Law
includes chapters on fundamental and cutting-edge issues, including
discussion of major legal instruments such as the Convention on
Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol. The book is divided
into six distinct parts based around the major objectives which
have emerged from legal frameworks concerned with protecting
biodiversity. Following introductory chapters, Part II examines
issues relating to conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity, with Part III focusing on access and benefit-sharing.
Part IV discusses legal issues associated with the protection of
traditional knowledge, cultural heritage and indigenous human
rights. Parts V and VI focus on a selection of intellectual
property issues connected to the commercial exploitation of
biological resources, and analyse ethical issues, including
viewpoints from economic, ethnobotanical, pharmaceutical and other
scientific industry perspectives.
|
|