Ethics and law of intellectual property : current problems in politics, science and technology

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Andorno, Roberto (Author), Hoppe, Nils (Author), Lenk, Christian (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; : Ashgate , c2007
Series:Applied legal philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Biobank governance : property, privacy and consent / Roger Brownsword
  • 2. Population genetic databases : a new challenge to human rights / Roberto Andorno
  • 3. Intellectual property rights and the right to health : considering the case of access to medicine / Alyna C. Smith
  • 4. International protection of human genetic data : the UNESCO Declaration on Human Genetic Data and the possible impact on genetic governance models / Tobias Schulte in den Bèaumen
  • 5. TRIPS jurisprudence in the balance : between the realist defense of policy space and a shared utilitarian ethic / Antony S. Taubman
  • 6. Exclusive property rights in the biosciences : an ethical discussion / Christian Lenk
  • 7. Enclosing the "knowledge commons" : patenting genes for disease risk and drug response at the university-industry interface / Bryn Williams-Jones and Vural Ozdemir
  • 8. Reconceptualizing genetics : challenges to traditional medical ethics / Heather Widdows
  • 9. Lack of access to essential drugs : a story of continuing global failure, with particular attention to the role of patents / Sigrid Sterckx
  • 10. Out of touch : from corporeal to incorporeal, or Moore revisited / Nils Hoppe
  • 11. Knowledge and information : private property or common good? A global perspective / Rainer Kuhlen
  • 12. The limit of balancing interests through copyright levies / Lucie Guibault
  • 13. The institutional nature of the patent system : implications for bioethical decision-making / Sivaramjani Thambisetty
  • 14. Why people give information freely : Internet architecture and the rebirth of folkloric culture / John Cahir