European Plant Intellectual Property
Contributors: Adcock, Mike
Publisher: Hart Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 578
ISBN-13: 9781847312723; 9781280814105
Subjects: Europe; Law and legislation; Plant breeding
Description: This authoritative new work analyses European plant intellectual property rights. Whilst the focus of the work is on Europe, and in particular the European Patent Convention, the Council Regulation on Community Plant Variety Rights and the EU Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions, these provisions are discussed within the context of international legislation, including the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) and the Convention on Biological Diversity. It is the first book to look at the impact of plant intellectual property righ.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Half Title Page; Title Page; Title verso; Preface; Contents; Table of Cases; Table of Legislation; 1. Defining the Territory; 2. Plant Protection Rights: International Influences; 3. The Emergence of European Plant Protection: The Route to UPOV; 4. The Council Regulation on Community Plant Variety Rights; 5. The European Patent Convention; title: General Practice; 6. The European Convention; title: the Article 53(b) Exclusions and Post-grant Issues; 7. The European Directive on the Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions; 8. The Views of European Plant Breeders; 9. Common Ground?; Index.