1st Edition
The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture and Allied Sciences
This important volume provides a basic understanding of the different forms of intellectual property rights in agricultural science. It provides an abundance of information on the use of IP laws in agriculture and allied subjects and their proper implementation in real-life practice. The chapter authors discuss different kinds of IP laws and their current status in developed as well as developing countries throughout the world.
The protection of biological resources is crucial for food security for future generations. Biological resources are the source of several important genes. Researchers are interested in the development of plant varieties that can increase crop production, withstand dramatic climatic changes, etc. Protecting intellectual property rights in plant varieties and the rights of farmers and others are discussed in this volume. It also looks at new trends and developments in the field involving new IP strategies and the application of IP laws in agriculture and biotechnology and in the management of plant genetic resources.
1. IPR in Agriculture and Their Prospects
Anjan Sen
2. Biodiversity Conservation and Agricultural Intensification in India through Integration of IPR
Sujit Kumar and Seweta Srivastava
3. Application of IPR to Conserve Global Genetic Resources for Commons
Kumari Rajani, Ganesh Patil, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Tushar Ranjan, Santosh Kumar, and Arun Kumar
4. Traditional Knowledge and Its Promotion through Providing Legal Rights
Kumari Rajani, Tushar Ranjan, Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Ganesh Patil, Mahesh Kumar, Jitesh Kumar, and Mukesh Kumar
5. Protecting Plant Breeders’ Rights in Agricultural Research and Development
Hillary Mireku Bortey and Stephen Amoah
6. Farmers’ Right and Privilege: Implication for the Farming Community
Arpita Das, Bholanath Saha, P. K. Bhattacharya, and Anita Roy
7. Patenting of Microbiological and Biotechnological Inventions: The Global and Indian Scenarios
Renu, Abhishek Parashar, Sanjay Kumar Gupta, Pramod Kumar Sahu, Upasana Sahu, Hardesh Kumar, Khan Mohammad Sarim, Arvind Gupta, and Pawan Kumar Sharma
8. Geographical Indications in Indian Agriculture
R. C. Chaudhary
9. Protecting Non-Basmati Indigenous Aromatic Rice Varieties of West Bengal, India Under Geographical Indication: A Critical Consideration
Koushik Roy, Anirban Mukherjee, Aniruddha Maity, Kumari Shubha, and Arindam Nag
10. An Agricultural Perspective on Patentability of Genes
Ravi S. Singh, Chandan Roy, Tribhuwan Kumar, Chandra S. Prabhaker, Ujjwal Kumar, and Prabhash K. Singh
11. Awareness Generation, Scope, and Scenario of Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture
Ajeet Kumar
Biography
Chandan Roy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist in the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, India. He is the author of several books and book chapters, as well as over a dozen peer-reviewed journal research papers and articles, and he has presented research findings at more than 10 seminar/symposia. Presently he is the In-Charge of Intellectual Property Right Cell of Bihar Agricultural University, as well as the university’s Nodal Officer of the national-level program on PPV&FRA-2001 (Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001). He has delivered lectures on different aspects of international property rights (IPR) at state- and national-level institutes. He has also conducted a national conference on IPR in agriculture. In addition, he is engaged in an awareness generation program among the farmers of Bihar, India, regarding farmers’ rights; he has trained more than 3500 farmers regarding IPR and framers’ rights. Dr. Roy is a member of the national-level expert committee on registration of essentially derived varieties (EDVs) under the PPV&FR Act 2001, Government of India. He is also a member of the Prioritization, Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) Cell of the university extension and training group. Dr. Roy is engaged in teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate students and directs research activities in the wheat and cauliflower improvement program.
"Essential reading for those interested in agricultural law, biodiversity regulation and proposals for the regulation of access to genetic resources. . . . India has taken the lead in the protection of farmers’ rights and farmers’ varieties, and in international discussions on the protection of genetic resources, and this volume of Indian scholarship on Indian intellectual property law and agriculture provides an alternative perspective to the Western scholarship on intellectual property rights (IPRs). In addition to chapters on intellectual property and agriculture, it looks at the relationship between biodiversity conservation and intellectual property."
—European Intellectual Property Review, 41(7), 2019, Review by Michael Blakeney, University of Western Australia
