Sigrid Sterckx, Julian Cockbain

Exclusions from Patentability

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides the first comprehensive study of what cannot be patented and what should not be patentable in Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 696g
• ISBN-13: 9781107006942
• ISBN-10: 1107006945
• Artikelnr.: 35911626

Autorenporträt

Sigrid Sterckx is a Professor of Ethics at Ghent University and at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. The historical development and current scope of the European Patent Convention
3. Computer programs
4. Discoveries
5. Methods of medical treatment and diagnosis
6. Essentially biological processes for the production of plants and animals
7. Plant and animal varieties
8. Morality and 'ordre public'
9. Towards a coherent interpretation of the exclusions
10. Conclusion.