Biotechnological inventions
Subtitle: moral restraints and patent law
By: by Oliver Mills.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780754677741; 9780754695240
Subjects: Biotechnology -- Patents; Patent laws and legislation -- Europe; Patent laws and legislation -- United States; Biotechnology industries -- Law and legislation -- Europe; Biotechnology industries -- Law and legislation -- United States
Genres: Patents
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Biotechnological inventions: the moral debate; title: Development of a European and UK moral regime; title: Development of patent law in the United States; title: Application of Article 53 European Patent Convention; title: Patent law criteria and biotechnological inventions; title: Protection in the United States; title: Protection conferred under the Biotechnology Directive 1998; title: Plant variety protection: UPOV, community, directive; title: Recent EU initiatives: likely impact on moral concerns.