Chapter 14. Intellectual Property in Agricultural Biotechnology: Strategies for Open Access

  1. C. Neal Stewart Jr.
  1. Alan B. Bennett,
  2. Cecilia Chi-Ham,
  3. Gregory Graff,
  4. Sara Boettiger

Published Online: 11 OCT 2007

DOI: 10.1002/9780470282014.ch14

Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques, and Applications

Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques, and Applications

How to Cite

Bennett, A. B., Chi-Ham, C., Graff, G. and Boettiger, S. (2007) Intellectual Property in Agricultural Biotechnology: Strategies for Open Access, in Plant Biotechnology and Genetics: Principles, Techniques, and Applications (ed C. N. Stewart), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/9780470282014.ch14

Editor Information

  1. Department of Plant Sciences, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, Room 252, Ellington Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-4561, USA

Author Information

  1. Public Intellectual Property Resource for Agriculture, Department of Plant Sciences, Plant Reproductive Biology Building, Extension Center Circle, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616-8631, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 11 OCT 2007
  2. Published Print: 16 MAY 2008

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470043813

Online ISBN: 9780470282014

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Keywords:

  • biotechnology intellectual property patent;
  • intellectual property and agricultural research;
  • patent access and “freedom to operate” (FTO)

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Chapter Summary and Objectives

  • Introduction

  • Intellectual Property Defined

  • Intellectual Property in Relation to Agricultural Research

  • Development of an “Anticommons” in Agricultural Biotechnology

  • Freedom to Operate (FTO)

  • Strategies for Open Access

  • Conclusions

  • References