Bioproperty, biomedicine, and deliberative governance :
[Book]
patents as discourse on life /
Katerina Sideri, The Open University, Greece
vi, 196 pages ;
24 cm
Globalization and law
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-192) and index
Introduction : patents as discourse on life : the purposes of patents in the field of biotechnology and biomedical innovation -- The European Patent Office, biotechnology, and ethics : revising ends of policy, and rethinking public deliberation -- Neutral or practically wise regulator? genes, patents, and human health -- Rethinking multilevel governance in the EU and the future of the EPO : from morality to ethics -- Public bioethics, lay opinions, human need : from sex selection to enhancement -- EPO and public bioethics : germ line interventions in human embryos, the problem of commodification and the question of incentives -- TRIPs, access to medicines, and the global governance of patents, cultivating humanity and equity -- Global health networks and discursive legitimacy -- Some reflections on good patent governance -- Conclusions : a discursive analysis of patents
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European Patent Office
Biotechnology-- European Union countries, Patents
Biotechnology-- Law and legislation-- European Union countries
Biotechnology, Patents-- Moral and ethical aspects
Patent laws and legislation-- European Union countries