Intellectual property and emerging technologies : the new biology / edited by Matthew Rimmer, Alison McLennan.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-455) and index.

Of plants, pills, and patents : circulating knowledge / Eva Hemmungs Wirtén -- Bilski volume Kappos and biotechnology patents : back to the future? / Yann Joly and Francis Hemmings -- The current state of patent eligibility of medical and biotechnology inventions in the United States / Joshua D. Sarnoff -- Patent law, the emerging biotechnologies and the role of language in subject matter expansionism / Graham Dutfield -- Standards for biobank access and intellectual property / Dianne Nicol and Richard Gold -- The 1000 genomes project / Donna M. Gitter -- Building with biobricks : constructing a commons for synthetic biology research / Alison McLennan -- Regulating gene regulation : patenting small RNAs / Adam Bostanci, Jane Calvert and Pierre-Benoit Joly -- Stem cell patents : looking for serenity / Amina Agovic -- Cosmo, cosmolino : patent law and nanotechnology / Alison McLennan and Matthew Rimmer -- Patenting the Kakadu plum and the Marjarla tree : biodiscovery, intellectual property and indigenous knowledge / Sarah Holcombe and Terri Janke -- Climate-ready crops : intellectual property, agriculture, and climate change / Matthew Rimmer -- The doomsday vault : seed banks, food security, and climate change / Matthew Rimmer.

This unique and comprehensive collection investigates the challenges posed to intellectual property by recent paradigm shifts in biology. It explores the legal ramifications of emerging technologies, such as genomics, synthetics biology, stem cell research, nanotechnology, and biodiscovery.