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Biotechnological inventions and patentability of life : the US and European experience / Andrea Stazi, Department of Human Sciences, European University of Rome, Italy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stazi, Andrea, author.
- Series:
- New directions in patent law.
- New Directions in Patent Law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biotechnology--United States--Patents.
- Biotechnology.
- Biotechnology--Europe--Patents.
- Biotechnology industries--Law and legislation--United States.
- Biotechnology industries.
- Biotechnology industries--Law and legislation--Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In today's technological world, biotechnology is one of the most innovative and highly invested-in industries for research, in the field of science. This book analyses the forms and limitations of patent protection recognition for biotechnological inventions, with particular regard to patentability of life. The author expertly compares the United States model, traditionally based on technical evaluations, with the European model, inspired by fundamental rights and bioethics. He highlights how the regulation of biotechnological inventions should guarantee a fair balance between protection of investment and access to information, which is essential for further research and innovation. Academics and practitioners dealing with intellectual property, patent law and biotechnological inventions will find this book to be of interest. The topics discussed will also be useful for patent offices and medical institutions, as well as medical researchers.
- Contents:
- Part I. Patent protection of biotechnological inventions and the limits of patentability
- Part II. Interventions on human genetic material: Legal and bioethical issues
- The evolution of the discipline and problematic issues in the United States of America
- Part IV. The evolution of the discipline and problematic issues in Europe
- Part V. Conclusions: Biotechnological inventions and the patentability of living beings in the United States and European models between legal issues and bioethical profiles ; The utility of the comparative method, the perspective of the legal process and relations with other sciences and humanistic disciplines (in particular bioethics).
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-78471-590-5
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