LEADER 02052nam 2200409z- 450 001 996344244403316 005 20231214145451.0 010 $a3-8452-1023-0 035 $a(CKB)4340000000008335 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/55779 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000008335 100 $a20202102d2008 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPatents in the Food Sector$eA Retrospective with Special Emphasis on the TRIPs Agreement 210 $cNomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG$d2008 215 $a1 electronic resource (206 p.) 225 1 $aMunich Intellectual Property Law Center ? MIPLC 330 $aInterestingly enough, food, being central to every human being, has been excluded from pat-entability in many patent laws. The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) now forces all Members of the World Trade Organization to abolish the exemption. For this reason, this study looks at the Patent Acts of Germany, Brazil, China, and India in a comparative law approach with respect to the exemption to patentability of food-related inventions and the effects of its abolition. Secondly, it describes the food sector of today and particularly its technological developments. Finally, the intellectual property situation of the food sector is analyzed. 517 $aPatents in the Food Sector 606 $aProcessed foods$xPatents 606 $aFood$xPatents 606 $aAgricultural biotechnology$xPatents 610 $aMarkenrecht 610 $aUrheberrecht / Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Medienrecht 610 $aGewerblicher Rechtsschutz 615 0$aProcessed foods$xPatents. 615 0$aFood$xPatents. 615 0$aAgricultural biotechnology$xPatents. 700 $aWillnegger$b Eva$4auth$01239614 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996344244403316 996 $aPatents in the food sector$92876099 997 $aUNISA