title: [Biopiracy: about its legal meanings].
abstract: This article explores the legal meanings of biopiracy concept, linked to subjects such as intellectual property rights on genetic resources, bioprospecting contracts, right to food, and food security. It overcomes the critical function of biopiracy concept related to world-wide extended tendencies: privatization and technification. Likewise, protectionism shows the opportunity that biopiracy concept represents for the enrichment of the legal interpretation related to the bioethical statue of biotech developments.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Panamericana, México Augusto Rodin, 498, Col. Insurgentes Mixcoac, Del. Benito Juárez, CP. 03929, México Distrito Federal, México. hsramire@mx.up.mx
authors.forename: Hugo Saúl
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ramírez García
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005524:Food Technology / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D010067:Ownership / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011332:Privatization / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013800:Theft / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*