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Contents: Acknowledgement. 1. Biotechnology: an Overview. 2. The Biotechnologies and their Applications. 3. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). 4. Introduction to Patent and Process Involved in Patent in India. 5. Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. 6. Patenting Living Organism. 7. Human Genome Project and Ethical Issues. 8. Animal Cloning, Human Cloning and their Ethical Issues. 9. Experimenting on Animals. 10. Stem Cell Controversy. 11. Bioethics. 12. Biopiracy. 13. An Introduction to GMOs. 14. Labeling of Genetically Modified Food and Crops. 15. Public Education of Producing Transgenic Organisms. 16. Legal and Socioeconomic Impacts of Biotechnology. 17. Testing of Drugs on Human Volunteers. 18. Traditional Knowledge, Commercial Exploitation and Protection. 19. Hazardous Materials used in Biotechnology, their Handling and Disposal in the Laboratory. 20. Good Lab Practice and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). 21. Question and Answer. Glossary. References.

Intellectual Property Rights and Bio-technology (Biosafety and Bioethics) is neither a conventional book nor a review book but actually a very important treasure of information about the general biotechnology and fundamental rights of the peoples who contribute to the human society by their intellectual property and those who use their property in the form of a product. It is an attempt to wake up the public about the legal issues of IPR so that people get benefit and aware to know their legal rights about biotechnological products and intellectual property. This book is a step in that direction. Appropriate regulation of biotechnology is solidly rooted in that direction. Appropriate regulation of biotechnology is solidly rooted in values such as social justice and intellectual freedom. This book provide information about general Biotechnology, IPR, bioethics, biosafety that demonstrates a comprehensive vision of how we can ensure that biotechnology is used for human good.

Strong protection for intellectual property rights (IPR) worldwide is vital to the future economic growth and development of all countries. Because they create common rules and regulations, international IPR treaties, in turn, are essential to achieving the robust intellectual property protection that spurs global economic expansion and the growth of new technologies. Consequently, the authors, in this work, seek to provide elementary knowledge of general biotechnology and intellectual property rights and their protection. This book encompasses balance information of Biotechnology, IPR, Patents, Bioethics and Biosafety.