Patent protection and access to genetic resources

Sharing Access and Benefits to Genetic Resources

Bibliography on Access to Plant Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

Facilitating access of AIDS drugs while maintaining strong patent protection.

The AIDS pandemic has thrust the subject of patent protection into the spotlight, a spotlight that has attracted the attention of broad audience including interested parties from the political, legal, and medical communities. Can the United States' scheme of strong patent protection for pharmaceutical products withstand the increased attention?

Ethics and Participation in Natural Resources Protection

Background: Public participation in decisions regarding natural resources is the easiest way to ‎preserve these resources. It seems that having human of conservation ethics of natural resources, ‎has affect on their participation in the preservation of natural resources. This survey research was ‎done to investigate the relationship between conservation ethics of natural resources and ‎particip...

Licensing and Patent Protection

We show the impact of technology licensing on optimal patent policy. Strong patent protection that eliminates imitation may not be the equilibrium outcome in the presence of licensing. Depending on the cost of innovation, licensing may either increase or reduce the strength of the patent protection. We thank an anonymous referee for helpful comments and suggestions. The usual disclaimer applies...