Governing Digitally Integrated Genetic Resources, Data, and Literature
Global Intellectual Property Strategies for a Redesigned Microbial Research Commons
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Governing Digitally Integrated Genetic Resources, Data, and Literature
Global Intellectual Property Strategies for a Redesigned Microbial Research Commons
About this book
The free exchange of microbial genetic information is an established public good, facilitating research on medicines, agriculture, and climate change. However, over the past quarter-century, access to genetic resources has been hindered by intellectual property claims from developed countries under the World Trade Organization's TRIPS Agreement (1994) and by claims of sovereign rights from developing countries under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (1992). In this volume, the authors examine the scientific community's responses to these obstacles and advise policymakers on how to harness provisions of the Nagoya Protocol (2010) that allow multilateral measures to support research. By pooling microbial materials, data, and literature in a carefully designed transnational e-infrastructure, the scientific community can facilitate access to essential research assets while simultaneously reinforcing the open access movement. The original empirical surveys of responses to the CBD included here provide a valuable addition to the literature on governing scientific knowledge commons.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Uncertain Legal Status of Microbial Genetic Resources in a Conflicted Geopolitical Environment
- Part One International Regulation of Genetic Resources and the Assault on Scientific Research
- Part Two Preserving the Public Research Functions of Microbial Genetic Resources after the Nagoya Protocol
- Part Three A Digitally Integrated Infrastructure for Microbial Data and Information
- Part Four Governing Public Knowledge Assets within a Redesigned Microbial Research Commons
- Index