BIOL-311 IPR, BIOSAFETY AND BIOETHICS-

UNIT I-

Bioethics: Introduction to Bioethics, purpose, ideology and methodology; Bioethics in Biodiversity, Ethics of Resource Management.

UNIT II-

Bioethics: Issues In Biological Sciences: Abortion, Alternative Medicine, Animal rights, Artificial insemination, Body modification, Brain-computer interface, Chimeras, Circumcision, Cloning, Eugenics, Euthanasia, Gene therapy, Genetically Modified Organisms, Organ donation and organ transplant, Population control, Reprogenetics, Sperm and egg donation, Stem cell research, Suicide, Surrogacy.

UNIT III-

Biosafety: Definition of Biosafety, Biosafety for human health and environment: Risk assessment & containment, Planned introduction of GM Crops and GM Foods, Special procedures for r-DNA based products, Biosafety during industrial production, Environmental Impact Assessment, Biosafety guidelines in India.

UNIT IV-

Intellectual Property Rights: Concept of property in relation to Intellectual Property, Theories of Intellectual Property Rights, Intellectual Property as an Instrument of Development, Intellectual Property Right, Farmers rights, Plant Breeder’s rights, Copyright, Neighbouring Rights and Industrial Designs, Trademarks, Geographical Indications.

UNIT V-

Patents and methods of application of patents, Patent Law: Paris Convention, Patent Cooperation Treaty, WTO-TRIPS, Harmonisation of CBD and TRIPs; Indian Patent Law: The Patents Act, 1970, Role of International Institutions.

Books recommended:

  1. Sasson A, Biotechnologies and Development, UNESCO Publications, 1988.
  2. Sasson A. Biotechnologies in developing countries present and future, UNESCO publishers, 1993.
  3. Raj Mohan Joshi, Biosafety and Bioethics, Isha Books publishers, 2006.
  4. R. C. Dubey, A Textbook Of Biotechnology, Publisher. S. Chand & Company Ltd. 2005.
  5. B. D. Singh, Biotechnology, Kalyani publishers, 2010.
  6. Lori Gruen, Ethics and Animals: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press