Who Owns the World? Biodiversity, Bioethics and World Trade
Institute On World Affairs
Saturday, 06 Nov 1999 at 12:00 pm – Memorial Union
Walter Reid of the World Resources Institute will open the week which will include Gerald Mossinghoff, former Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and a debate on "Who Owns the World?" Institute On World Affairs From the Lectures Program archive.
Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.
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