Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to intellectual properties / Brian L. Smiler and Frederic H. Erbisch -- Acquiring protection for improved germplasm and inbred lines / John H. Barton -- Transferring intellectual properties / Frederic H. Erbisch and Andrew J. Fischer -- Capacity building in intellectual property management in agricultural biotechnology / Karim M. Maredia and Frederic H. Erbisch -- Plant variety protection in the USA / Janice M. Strachan -- Farmers' rights over plant genetic resources in the South : challenges and opportunities / Kirit Patel -- Economic aspects of intellectual property rights in agricultural biotechnology / Mywish K. Maredia, James F. Oehmke and Derek Byerlee -- Egypt / Atef El-Azab -- South Africa / Rosemary A. Wolson -- Australia / Michael Blakeney -- China / Tan Loke-Khoon -- Issues on intellectual property rights associated with agrobiotechnology in Japan / Kazuo N. Watanabe and Atushi Komamine -- India / Prabuddha Ganguli -- Intellectual property rights in the Russian Federation / Terry A. Young and Dmitry Shulgin -- Andean Pact countries of Latin America / Walter R. Jaffe and Elinor Arteaga-Marcano -- Costa Rica / Silvia Salazar -- European Union / R. Stephen Crespi -- Indonesia / Tantono Subagyo -- Exercising intellectual property rights management in Brazil : research, technology, transfer and agribusiness after TRIPS / Maria Jose Amstalden Sampio, Margareth Maia and Elza Angela B. Brito da Cunha.

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