Terminator Genes as “Technical” Protection Measures for Patents

Terminator Genes as “Technical” Protection Measures for Patents
Setphen Hubick and Brad Sherman

ISBN 1–84113–571–2
Hart Publishing

The last few decades have seen a number of changes in the way plant genetic resources are regulated and controlled. Many changes, such as the extension of plant breeders’ rights to new varieties and patent protection for botanical innovation, have been incremental. Others, such as those initiated by the Convention on Biological Diversity and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources, have the potential to be more broad-ranging. There have also been slow and, for the most part, unsuccessful attempts to protect the use made of indigenous biological knowledge.