Animal patents : the legal, economic, and social issues

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-4 Issues and Prospects in the USA....Pages 5-15 The Development and Status of European Law....Pages 16-29 Prospects for International Cooperation....Pages 30-38 Congressional Perspectives....Pages 39-46 The Technology and Costs of Deposits....Pages 47-57 Introduction....Pages 59-60 Prospective Developments in Laboratory Animals....Pages 61-69 Prospective Developments in Animal Agriculture....Pages 70-81 Introduction....Pages 83-84 Implications for Breeders....Pages 85-99 Implications for Agriculture....Pages 100-113 Introduction....Pages 115-116 Perspectives of Farmers....Pages 117-133 Perspective of Agribusiness: What Do Packers and Processors Want in Livestock and Poultry?....Pages 134-140 An Evaluation of the Ethical Arguments Commonly Raised against the Patenting of Transgenic Animals....Pages 141-153 Back Matter....Pages 155-369 Following the US Patent Office's announcement in 1987 that it considers animals "to be patentable subject matter within the scope" of patent laws, there has been worldwide debate on this subject. This work comprises the proceedings of the Animal Patents Symposium 1988 at Cornell University.