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Intellectual Property Rights and Plant Biotechnology (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 27-29

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... Timely access to knowledge and resources that are otherwise unavailable are being provided increasingly through collaborative research projects involving industry, academe, and government. The protection of intellectual property has arguably been the single most difficult issue to resolve in the realignment of partnerships between universities and industries in what is perhaps the most significant reorganization of basic research in the United States since Vannevar Bush.
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... 3. Do current means for protecting intellectual property rights adequately encourage both scientific progress and commercial development?
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... Is support for research into fundamental mechanisms adequately balanced with support for research for which commercial applications are closer at hand?
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