Intellectual property rights and the life science industries: a twentieth century history
In: Globalization and law
1. Intellectual property in the global economy : high stakes and propaganda warfare -- 2. Intellectual property and regulation theory -- 3. The emergence of modern patent law -- 4. Organic chemistry and the synthetic dyestuff industry -- 5. The pharmaceutical industry -- 6. Biotechnology, genomics and the new life science corporations -- 7. Plant breeding, the seed industry and plant breeders' rights -- 8. Towards a global IP regime : trade and diplomacy -- 9. Forums of resistance? -- 10. Epilogue : the life science industries in a patent-free world.