PATENTING LIVES

PATENTING LIVES Intellectual Property, Theory, Culture Series Editor: Johanna Gibson, Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Co-Director Queen Mary University of London, UK This series presents theoretical and cultural examinations of intellectual property laws, developments, and policy. Volumes in the series may be identified by their innovative and critical analyses and their original contributions to international debate. Interdisciplinary in approach, the series will be of interest to intellectual property experts and stakeholders, policy advisors, and NGOs, as well as students and researchers in the very critical areas of intellectual property law, anthropology, and cultural studies. Forthcoming titles in the series: Intellectual Property Aspects of Medicine Current Debates Johanna Gibson ISBN 978-0-7546-7218-0 Patenting Lives Life Patents, Culture and Development Edited by JOHANNA GIBSON Queen Mary University of London, UK © Johanna Gibson 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Johanna Gibson has asserted her moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editor of this work. Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Gower House Croft Road Aldershot Hampshire GU11 3HR England Ashgate Publishing Company Suite 420 101 Cherry Street Burlington, VT 05401-4405 USA www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Patenting lives : life patents, culture and development. - (Intellectual property, theory, culture) 1. Life sciences - Patents I. Gibson, Johanna 346`.0486 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Patenting lives : life patents, culture and development / [edited] by Johanna Gibson. p. cm. -- (Intellectual property, theory, culture) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-7546-7104-6 (alk. paper) 1. Biotechnology--Patents. 2. Biotechnology. I. Gibson, Johanna. K1519.B54P378 2008 346.04`86--dc22 2008009815 ISBN 978-0-7546-7104-6 ... - tailieumienphi.vn