I had been writing on genetic resources-related topics,

and used as background reading Michael Gollin's excellent

"Driving Innovation: Intellectual Property Strategies in a Dynamic World,"

which is very enlightening and which I recommend for practice, journalism, and the classroom.

Of course, the book is broader than my focused-interest, and

I learned much about how innovation is spurred on, adopted, superceded by new thinking. It also exemplifies that intellectual property can no longer be seen as an arcane matter - for it has bearings on globalization as well as on a small company's or not-for-profit organization's decisions in our age of necessary mastering of technology. Excellent book !