Biotechnological Inventions: Moral Restraints and Patent Law

Biotechnological Inventions: Moral Restraints and Patent Law
Author: Oliver Mills
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2018-01-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1351162462

Advances in modern biotechnology have produced profound and far-reaching implications for the relationship between humans, animals and the environment. As a result, a debate has arisen surrounding the legal, moral and social problems connected with this technology. A central part of this debate focuses on the role of moral considerations in the patent system as a form of regulation. This book examines this role and asks why in the context of biotechnological inventions morality has become an important issue. The origin, policy and legislative history of patent law in both the United States and member countries of the European Union is examined, with particular reference to the provisions relating to morality. Examining specific cases, the author elucidates the moral concerns associated with modern biotechnology, thus providing an important contribution to the debate and a valuable resource for all those working in this exciting field.

Biotechnological Inventions and Patentability of Life

Biotechnological Inventions and Patentability of Life
Author: Andrea Stazi
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2015-05-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1784715905

In todayês 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 inve

Biotechnological Inventions

Biotechnological Inventions
Author: Dr Oliver Mills
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2013-02-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1409497097

Advances in modern biotechnology have produced profound and far-reaching implications for the relationship between humans, animals and the environment. As a result, a debate has arisen surrounding the legal, moral and social problems connected with this technology, a central part of the debate focusing on the role of moral considerations in the patent system as a form of regulation. This fully revised and updated book examines this role and asks why in the context of biotechnological inventions, morality has become an important issue. It takes account of recent developments, including reference to the situation in Australia. By examining such specific recent cases, the author elucidates the moral concerns associated with modern biotechnology, thus providing an important contribution to the debate and a valuable resource for all those working in this exciting field.

European Patent Law

European Patent Law
Author: Duncan Matthews
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2023-10-04
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3110781689

Biotechnology, Patents and Morality

Biotechnology, Patents and Morality
Author: Maureen O'Sullivan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2019-06-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0429595034

This book critiques the decision-making process in Article 53(a) of the European Patent Convention. To date, such decisions have been taken at high levels of expertise without much public involvement. The book eschews traditional solutions, such as those found within legislative, judicial and patent office realms and instead develops a radical blueprint for how these decisions can be put to the public. By examining wide-scale models of participatory democracy and deliberation, this book fills a significant gap in the literature. It will be invaluable for patent lawyers, academics, practitioners and intellectual property and patent officials.

The Patentability of Synthetic Biology Inventions

The Patentability of Synthetic Biology Inventions
Author: Ilaria de Lisa
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2020-09-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 3030512061

This book addresses Synthetic Biology (SynBio), a new and promising biotechnology that has attracted much interest from both a scientific and a policy perspective. Yet, questions concerning the patentability of SynBio inventions have not been examined in detail so far; as a result, it remains unclear whether these inventions are patentable on the basis of current norms and case law. The book addresses this question, focusing especially on the subject matter’s eligibility and moral criteria. It provides an overview of the legislation and decisions applicable to SynBio patents and examines this new technology in view of the ongoing debate over the patentability of biotechnologies in general. The legal analysis is complemented by the practical examination of several patent applications submitted to the European and US patent offices (EPO and USPTO), and by an assessment of the patent issues that are likely to be raised by future SynBio developments.

New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Intellectual Property

New Frontiers in the Philosophy of Intellectual Property
Author: Annabelle Lever
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2012-07-05
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1139536427

Are intellectual property rights a threat to autonomy, global justice, indigenous rights, access to lifesaving knowledge and medicines? The essays in this volume examine the justification of patents, copyrights and trademarks in light of the political and moral controversy over TRIPS (the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). Written by a distinguished international group of experts, this book draws on the latest philosophical work on autonomy, equality, property ownership and human rights in order to explore the moral, political and economic implications of property rights in ideas. Written with an interdisciplinary audience in mind, these essays introduce readers to the latest debates in the philosophy of intellectual property, whether their interests are in the restrictions that copyright places on the reproduction of music and printed words or in the morality and legality of patenting human genes, essential medicines or traditional knowledge.

Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual Property Law
Author: Lionel Bently
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 1441
Release: 2014
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199645558

'Intellectual Property Law' is the definitive textbook on this subject. It clearly sets out the law in relation to copyright, patents, trade marks, passing off and confidentiality, whilst enlivening the text with illustrations and diagrams.

Law and Legacy in Medical Jurisprudence

Law and Legacy in Medical Jurisprudence
Author: Edward S. Dove
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2022-03-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108905161

Graeme Laurie stepped down from the Chair in Medical Jurisprudence at the University of Edinburgh in 2019. This edited collection pays tribute to his extraordinary contributions to the field. Graeme often spoke about the importance of 'legacy' in academic work and forged a remarkable intellectual legacy of his own, notably through his work on genetic privacy, human tissue and information governance, and the regulatory salience of the concept of liminality. The essays in this volume animate the concept of legacy to analyse the study and practice of medical jurisprudence. In this light, legacy reveals characteristics of both benefit and burden, as both an encumbrance to and facilitator of the development of law, policy and regulation. The contributions reconcile the ideas of legacy and responsiveness and show that both dimensions are critical to achieve and sustain the health of medical jurisprudence itself as a dynamic, interdisciplinary and policy-engaged field of thinking.

Contemporary Intellectual Property

Contemporary Intellectual Property
Author: Hector MacQueen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 1144
Release: 2011
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199575320

This textbook provides an account of intellectual property law. The underlying policies influencing the direction of the law are explained and explored and contemporary issues facing the discipline are tackled head-on. The international and European dimensions are covered together with the domestic position.