Contents -- Contributors -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction to Intellectual Property -- 2 Acquiring Protection for Improved Germplasm and Inbred Lines -- 3 Transferring Intellectual Properties* -- 4 Capacity Building in Intellectual Property Management in Agricultural Biotechnology -- 5 Plant Variety Protection in the USA -- 6 Farmers' Rights Over Plant Genetic Resources in the South: Challenges and Opportunities -- 7 Economic Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Biotechnology -- 8 Egypt -- 9 South Africa -- 10 Australia -- 11 China -- 12 Issues on Intellectual Property Rights Associated with AgroBiotechnology in Japan -- 13 India -- 14 Intellectual Property Rights in the Russian Federation -- 15 Andean Pact Countries of Latin America -- 16 Costa Rica -- 17 European Union -- 18 Indonesia -- 19 Exercising Intellectual Property Rights Management In Brazil: Research, Technology Transfer and Agribusiness After TRIPS -- Index.