Intellectual Property Rights, Bioethics, Biosafety and Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology

This book is divided in 4 parts. Part-I is devoted to issues of intellectual property rights (IPRs). It is intended as a primer for those who are involved or associated with understanding the needs for improving the integrity of scientific documentation. Part-II addresses the technical aspects of biosafety in research. Part-III is oriented to bioethics. It describes emerging legal, social and policy issues pertaining to biotechnology and intellectual property laws. Part-IV deals with entrepreneurship activities in biotechnology. It also outlines the opportunities in the field of biotechnology, ethical considerations, key issues and practical matters for entrepreneurs in biotechnology.

Salient Features:

• Provides basic and comprehensive knowledge pertaining to intellectual property rights.
• Provides information on intellectual property management concepts and practical implementation to those needing such guidance.
• Provides information on means of controlling and monitoring the release of biohazardous materials.
• Will help the readers to understand the ethical, legal and social issues generated by biotechnology.
• Differentiates between innovation and entrepreneurship in the biotechnology context.

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