Intellectual Property Issues In Biotechnology

Harikesh Bahadur Singh (Edited By) - Professor Singh is Head of the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Professpr Singh has been decorated with several National awards and honours for his key role in popularizing organic farming and translating agriculturally importnat microorganisms from lab to land. To his credit he has 20 U.S. patents which he has successfully transferred for commercial production of biopesticides to several industrial houses in India. Alok Jha (Edited By) - Dr. Jha is the Regional Representative of International Livestock Research Institute for South Asia. Previously he was the Assistant Director General (International Relations and Education) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and was Professor at the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying at the Banaras Hindu University where he spearheaded the establishment of the Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences and the creation of a state-of-art Centre of Food Science and Technology. Chetan Keswani (Edited By) - Chetan Keswani is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. Trained as a Biochemist he has keen interest in regulatory and commercialization issues of agriculturally important microorganisms. He is an elected Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London, UK. He received best Ph.D. thesis award from the Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lucknow in 2015. He is an editorial board member of several reputed agricultural microbiology journals.

Part 1: Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Issues 1: Biotechnology in Agriculture, Medicine and Industry: An Overview 2: Biotechnology and its Development in Developing Countries: Can IPR’s Foster Innovation in the Field? 3: Patent Eligibility Issues in Life Science Innovations: Contentious Court Cases 4: Checks and Balances in Biotechnology Related Patents: In Agreement to the Indian Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005 5: Intellectual Property in Biotechnology Sector. The Importance of “Star Scientists” in the Entrepreneurship and Universities Environment Part 2: Intellectual Property Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology 6: Intellectual Property in Agricultural Biotechnology: From Patent Thickets to Generics 7: Bioprospecting for Improving Soil Health and Crop Productivity: Indian Patent Landscape 8: Seeds of Change: Genetically Modified Crops, Canada’s Agricultural Growth Act and the Erosion of Farmers’ Privilege 9: Recent Innovations in Agricultural Biotechnology: Challenging the Status Quo 10: Chinese Innovation System: The Case of Agricultural Knowledge Sharing 11: IPR Regime for Agricultural Biotechnology in India Part 3: Intellectual Property Issues in Industrial Biotechnology 12: DNA Patenting 13: The Development of Patentability of Genetic Patent in Mainland China and Taiwan 14: Bioprospecting Microbial Diversity: IPR Issues 15: CRISPR/Cas9 system, A Revolutionary Technology for Genome Editing: Applications and IP Disputes Part 4: Intellectual Property Issues in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 16: Healthcare Innovation, Personalization, and the Patent System: Where is the Public Interest? 17: Patentability of Human Embryo Stem Cell: A Comparative Analyse of Case WARF in United States and Europe 18: Innovation and Intellectual Property Issues in the “Decade of Vaccines”: a Brazilian Perspective 19: Promoting Access To Health Care Through Biosimilars: Addressing Intellectual Property Rights And Regulatory Barriers 20: Changing Paradigm for IPR Protection in Drug Discovery Research: Where India Stands 21: Intellectual Property Rights in Drug Development and Biotechnology 22: Leishmaniasis: Drug Development and IP Issues