Governing Digitally Integrated Genetic Resources, Data, and Literature Governing Digitally Integrated Genetic Resources, Data, and Literature

Governing Digitally Integrated Genetic Resources, Data, and Literature

Global Intellectual Property Strategies for a Redesigned Microbial Research Commons

Jerome H. Reichman and Others
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Publisher Description

The free exchange of microbial genetic information is an established public good, facilitating research on medicines, agriculture, and climate change. However, over the past quarter-century, access to genetic resources has been hindered by intellectual property claims from developed countries under the World Trade Organization's TRIPS Agreement (1994) and by claims of sovereign rights from developing countries under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (1992). In this volume, the authors examine the scientific community's responses to these obstacles and advise policymakers on how to harness provisions of the Nagoya Protocol (2010) that allow multilateral measures to support research. By pooling microbial materials, data, and literature in a carefully designed transnational e-infrastructure, the scientific community can facilitate access to essential research assets while simultaneously reinforcing the open access movement. The original empirical surveys of responses to the CBD included here provide a valuable addition to the literature on governing scientific knowledge commons.

GENRE
Professional & Technical
RELEASED
2016
19 May
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
1,239
Pages
PUBLISHER
Cambridge University Press
SELLER
Cambridge University Press
SIZE
7.7
MB

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