Biotechnology and Software Patent Law

Biotechnology and Software Patent Law

A Comparative Review of New Developments

Ghidini, Gustavo; Arezzo, Emanuela

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

11/2011

360

Dura

Inglês

9781849800402

15 a 20 dias

The new millennium has carried several challenges for patent law. This up-to-date book provides readers with an important overview of the most critical issues patent law is still facing today at the beginning of the twenty first century, on both sides of the Atlantic.
Contents: Introduction Emanuela Arezzo and Gustavo Ghidini PART I: GENERAL THEMES IN PATENT LAW 1. Tailoring Patents to Different Industries Dan L. Burk and Mark A. Lemley 2. Innovation in the New Technological Industries: Looking for a Consistent Cooperative Model Valeria Falce 3. The Future of the Requirement for an Invention: Inherent Patentability as a Pre- and Post-Patent Determinant Justine Pila 4. The Experimental Use of the Patented Invention: A Free Use or an Infringing Use? Vincenzo Di Cataldo 5. Patents and Competition Law: Some Features of the New Interface Steven D. Anderman PART II: EMERGING THEMES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES 6. Are Software Patents Something Special? Reinier B. Bakels 7. Towards a New Instrument of Protection for Software in the EU? Learning the Lessons from the Harmonization Failure of Software Patentability Reto M. Hilty and Christophe Geiger 8. Patent Governance in the United States: Lessons from Bilski v. Kappos John R. Thomas PART III: EMERGING THEMES IN THE BIOTECH INDUSTRIES 9. A Decade After the Birth of the Biotech Directive: Was it Worth the Trouble? Sven J.R. Bostyn 10. Gene Patents Under Fire: Weighing the Costs and Benefits Christopher M. Holman 11. Patentability of Human Stem Cell or Synthetic Biology Based Inventions Paul L.C. Torremans 12. Moral Limits to Biotech Patents in Europe: A Quest for Higher Harmonization Andrea Ottolia Index
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