European Plant Intellectual Property / Margaret Llewelyn and Mike Adcock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Llewelyn, Margaret, 1962- author.

Contributor:

Adcock, Mike, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants, Cultivated--European Union countries--Patents.

Plants, Cultivated.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (578 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Portland, OR : Hart Publishing, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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 rights on the European plant breeding industry and assess whether recent developments, such as the Novartis decision, will assist plant breeders, from all sectors of plant breeding activities, in the production of new plant products. In addition to a thorough discussion of the legislation, the book includes unique empirical research results obtained by the authors as part of a two-year research project funded by the European Union, which surveyed attitudes towards, and use of, plant intellectual property rights within the European plant breeding community."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

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

General Practice

6. The European Convention

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?

Chapter 10: European Plant Intellectual Property: Some Concluding Thoughts.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786610814107

9781472563712

1472563719

9781280814105

1280814101

9781847312723

1847312721

OCLC:

437178489