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As newer forms of intellectual property-seeds, germplasm, genetic resources, plant varieties-materialize through advancements in biotechnology, a variety of entitlements, claims, and imaginations of citizenship are bred, mimicking the hybrid culture of genetic configurations.
This book analyses the theoretical and philosophical frames of new (biotic) property, and assesses how its altered metaphysics inscribes itself in the politics of genetic resources. It ...
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) -- the idea of knowledge as property--and its role in human society is being increasingly discussed across nations and borders. Involving legal, political, cultural and ethical issues, debates on IPRs continue to be complex and wide ranging.This book analyses the basic assumptions and premises of the notion of intellectual property as a right. It goes on to show how intellectual property rights prevent those who do not own it ...