Shellfish Patents Krill Research: Patent Law Defences and Technology Transfer of Genetic Materials and Knowledge in Aquaculture

• Main Author: Humphries, Frances Amy
• Other Authors: Charles Lawson, Christopher Butler, Jay Sanderson
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Griffith University 2016
• Subjects: Access and benefit sharing (ABS); Shellfish patents; Patent law; Genetic materials; Krill; Aquaculture; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Griffith; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366025

The recent rise of access and benefit sharing (ABS) and patent laws concerning the use of aquatic genetic resources is creating increasing legal complexity and uncertainty for the aquaculture sector. The complexity and uncertainty comes at a time when the sector needs unprecedented access and exchan...