Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Benefit-Sharing and the Patent System: Romantics v. Economics?

Biotechnology and International Law

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 201-230

  Ullrich, Hanns ^a,b  

^a BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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