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Interfaces Between Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: A U.S. Perspective ( March 2003 )
As appreciation of the importance of traditional knowledge and folklore, and the fruits thereof, grows on a worldwide scale, the protection of traditional knowledge and traditional knowledge-derived property as intellectual property (IP) has come under scrutiny. Nations are becoming increasingly protective of their natural resources. -
Boulder Employers Brace for New Genetics Legislation ( March 2003 )
In October 1990 a consortium of six countries, comprised of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, China and France, announced their intention to determine the sequence of the three billion chemical base pairs that comprise human DNA, and to identify the 35,000 genes in human DNA through a program called the Human Genome Project ("the Project"). -
Nanotechnology -- the Next Industrial Revolution ( November 2002 )
Nanotechnology, the science and technology of precisely controlling the structure of matter at the molecular level, is widely viewed as the most significant technological frontier currently being explored. Materials and devices at the nanoscale (a nanometer is one billionth of one meter) hold vast promise for innovation in virtually every industry and public endeavor including health, electronics, transportation, the environment and national security, and has been heralded by many as "the next industrial revolution." -
General Information About 35 U.S.C. 161: Plant Patents ( August 1998 )
This publication provides a basic and understandable overview of plant patents. It will help prospective plant patent applicants to identify what types of plants are patentable, as well as present the legal requirements for attaining a plant patent in terms which can be understood by attorneys, plant breeders, growers and gardeners and present the formal requirements of an application for plant patents.
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