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ARTICLE CONTENTS
[Pages 285-310]
TOP OF ARTICLE
Introduction
I. The Commodification of Seed & the United States’ Intellectual Property Protections for Plant Varieties
A. Commodification of Seed
1. Routes to Commodification
2. International Commodification & Germplasm Flow
3. International Control of the Market for Genetically Engineered Seeds
B. Intellectual Property Rights in the United States
1. The Policies Behind Patents
2. United States Patents for Plants and Living Organisms
II. Discussion: Intellectual Property Rights and Biotech Crops in the International Context
A. The Emergence of Biotech Crops
B. Intellectual Property Rights in the International Context
C. International Treaties
1. Biodiversity Treaty
2. Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement
III. Analysis: Intellectual Property Law and Biotech Innovations—Structural Flaws and Distributive Inequalities
Conclusion
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