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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828782503321

Autore

Sterckx Sigrid

Titolo

Exclusions from patentability : how far has the European Patent Office eroded boundaries / / Sigrid Sterckx and Julian Cockbain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-139-88824-2

1-139-57936-3

1-139-57335-7

1-139-56898-1

1-139-04762-0

1-139-57079-X

1-139-57254-7

1-283-63859-2

1-139-56988-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxix, 341 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge intellectual property and information law

Classificazione

LAW050000

Altri autori (Persone)

CockbainJulian

Disciplina

346.2404/86

Soggetti

Patent laws and legislation - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

Exclusions from Patentability reviews the history of the adoption of exclusions from patentability under the European Patent Convention since its first conception in 1949 through to its most recent revision. The analysis shows how other intellectual property treaties, such as UPOV, the Strasbourg Patent Convention, PCT, the EU Biotech Directive and TRIPS have affected the framing of the exclusions. Particular attention is given to those exclusions considered the most contentious



(computer programmes, discoveries, medical treatments, life forms and agriculture) and those decisions which have been most influential in shaping the approaches by which the exclusions have been interpreted. The 'morality' exclusion and the interpretation of the exclusions are discussed critically and suggestions for coherent interpretation are made.