Over the past thirty years, the world's patent systems have experienced pressure from civil
society like never before. From farmers to patient advocates, new voices are arguing that …

The importance of access to intellectual property rights (IPR) protected subject-matter in two
crucial areas–public health, and educational and cultural engagement–has been …

To the difference of trademarks and designs, protection of patents in Europe essentially rests
on national law only. The'European patent'as granted by the European Patent Organization …

Der „Vertrag von Lissabon “, die erneuerte primärrechtliche Grundlage der Europäischen
Union wurde vor 10 Jahren, im Dezember 2007, unterzeichnet und trat am 1. Dezember …

The purpose of this chapter is limited to defining the differences of the functions and of the
operation of compulsory licences, which typically are available under patent law, on one …

Recent reports in Europe and the United States raise concern about the potential negative
impact of gene patents on the freedom to operate of diagnosticians and on the access of …

Social and policy interest in intellectual property, and patents, in particular, is growing. This
is reflected in the rise of scholarly inquiry on the topic beyond the legal community, including …

The discovery of the two inherited susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in the mid-1990s
created the possibility of predictive genetic testing and led to the establishment of specific …

Under the TRIPS regime, compulsory licences for the exploitation of dependent patents are
governed by the specific provision of Art. 31 (l) TRIPS. Hitherto, this provision is of very …

В статье анализируются проблемы патентования результатов генной инженерии. На
основе анализа зарубежного опыта и взвешивания возможных негативных и …