Plants, Patents, and Seed Innovation in the Agricultural Industry.

Examines to what extent plant breeders can claim intellectual property rights over plants they have bred. Reviews utility patents on plants, plant patents, plant variety certificates, interfaces in intellectual property for plants, Supreme Court ruling in J.E.M. v. Pioneer, and legislative issues an...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2002.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Agriculture > Research. Judge-made law. Patents. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines to what extent plant breeders can claim intellectual property rights over plants they have bred. Reviews utility patents on plants, plant patents, plant variety certificates, interfaces in intellectual property for plants, Supreme Court ruling in J.E.M. v. Pioneer, and legislative issues and options.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.