Patents in the Food Sector A Retrospective with Special Emphasis on the TRIPs Agreement

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willnegger, Eva

Series:

Munich Intellectual Property Law Center – MIPLC

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Processed foods--Patents.

Processed foods.

Food--Patents.

Food.

Agricultural biotechnology--Patents.

Agricultural biotechnology.

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15).

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Other Title:

Patents in the Food Sector

Place of Publication:

Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2008

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Interestingly enough, food, being central to every human being, has been excluded from pat-entability in many patent laws. The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) now forces all Members of the World Trade Organization to abolish the exemption. For this reason, this study looks at the Patent Acts of Germany, Brazil, China, and India in a comparative law approach with respect to the exemption to patentability of food-related inventions and the effects of its abolition. Secondly, it describes the food sector of today and particularly its technological developments. Finally, the intellectual property situation of the food sector is analyzed.

ISBN:

3-8452-1023-0