Taxonomy, Type Specimens, and the Making of Biological Property in Intellectual Property Rights Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4283234 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bronwyn Parry (0000-0001-8909-5701, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 251-268 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Property (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0940-7391 • E-ISSN: 1465-7317 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0940739112000227 |
| OpenAlex | W2114989103 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
Despite remaining the most iconic and highly valorized metrical technology of the entire, now globally universalized, project of zoological and botanical taxonomy, very little attention has been given to highlighting the pivotal role that type specimens also play in constructing and disciplining contemporary relations to living property. Building on my earlier work on the relationship between biological classification and regulation,1this article provides an overdue analysis of this technology's significance in introducingdeposition,priority of publication, andauthorshipas the key conceptual and functional mechanisms not only of taxonomic classification, but also of the ascendant system for prosecuting rights to ownership of biologicalnoveltiesin the contemporary era: the Euro-American system of intellectual property law
Biology · Conceptual framework · Epistemology · Intellectual property · Political science · Property (philosophy · Property rights · Social science · Sociology · Taxonomy (biology · Botanical Studies and Applications · Law · Philosophy · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |