Introduction: Inventing life: intellectual property and the New Biology&Alison McLennan and Matthew Rimmer 1
PART Ⅰ A HISTORY OF BIODISCOVERY 39
1 Of plants, pills and patents: circulating knowledge&Eva Hemmungs Wirtrn 39
PART Ⅱ MEDICINE, BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENOMICS 63
2 Bilski v.Kappos and biotechnology patents: back to the future?&Yann Joly and Francis Hemmings 63
3 The current state of patent eligibility of medical and biotechnological inventions in the United States&Joshua D.Sarnoff 84
4 Patent law, the emerging biotechnologies and the role of language in subject-matter expansionism&Graham Dutfield 117
PART Ⅲ BIOBANKS, BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOBRICKS 133
5 Standards for biobank access and intellectual property&Dianne Nicol and Richard Gold 133
6 The 1000 Genomes Project&Donna M.Gitter 158
7 Building with BioBricks: constructing a commons for synthetic biology research&Alison McLennan 176
PART Ⅳ GENETICS, STEM CELLS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 205
8 Regulating gene regulation: patenting small RNAs&Adam Bostanci, Jane Calvert and Pierre-Benoit Joly 205
9 Stem cell patents: looking for serenity&Amina Agovic 228
10 Cosmo, Cosmolino: patent law and nanotechnology&Alison McLennan and Matthew Rimmer 255
PART Ⅴ BIODIVERSITY, FOOD SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 293
11 Patenting the Kakadu plum and the Marjarla tree: biodiscovery, intellectual property and Indigenous knowledge&Sarah Holcombe and Terri Janke 293
12 Climate-ready crops: intellectual property, agriculture and climate change&Matthew Rimmer 320
13 The Doomsday Vault: seed banks, food security and climate change&Matthew Rimmer 361
Bibliography 392
Index 457