Monopolies in the age of free trade. The early history of Anglo-American patent systems ; Patents and their use in economic warfare ; Patent monopolies versus free trade ; The patent systems of continental Europe ; The internationalization and harmonization of the patent systems
The patenting of biological materials : the monopolization of nature. The isolation contrivance ; Anything under the sun made by man ; The invention of nature? ; Gene wars ; Synthetic biology and a time for reflection.