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Biotechnology Patents in Europe - From Law to Ethics
Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2015
For the last 25 years we have seen a flood of new developments and new applications in the field of biotechnology and … biotechnology patents, to cater for readers who are not familiar with patents and the like. The paper then presents a survey of the …
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Policy Levers Tailoring Patent Law to Biotechnology : Comparing European and US Approaches
Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2015
biotechnology sector, is built into the system over the years. Although the EPC was introduced as a unitary regulatory tool … law to the needs of distinct technology sectors, and in particular the biotechnology sector. Given the civil law tradition … levers uncovered in the present study, come to the advantage of the biotechnology industry. Closer analysis of the various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014188440
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Without Drums and Trumpets : The Final Implementation of the EU Biotechnology Directive in Belgian Patent Law (Zonder Trommels en Trompetten: De Definitieve Omzetting van de EU Bio...
Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2014
The present paper examines the last, quintessential steps in the parcours towards the final implementation of the EU Biotechnnology Directive in Belgian patent law. Whereas the first bill was hotly debated in parliament [see G. Van Overwalle, ‘Of Green Mice with Red Ears’,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014188468
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Of Green Mice with Red Ears : The EU Biotechnology Directive and the Belgian Bill of September 21, 2004 (Van Groene Muizen met Rode Oortjes: De EU-Biotechnologierichtlijn en het Be...
Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2014
implementing the EU Biotechnology. A careful comparison is made with the previous Bill of June 21 2002. Wide attention is also paid …
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Biotechnology and Patents : Global Standards, European Approaches and National Accents
Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2014
examination demonstrates clearly that European patent law has adapted itself to the new reality of biotechnology in many ways, but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014188527
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Is Europe a Laggard in Pharmaceuticals? R&D Joint Ventures, Patent Quality and R&D Productivity
Messinis, George - 2009
This paper examines the idea that the USA has outshined Europe in the race for new medicines as a result of a flight of business R&D expenditure to the USA. It adopts a methodology that accounts for R&D price inflation, considers the role of both ‘performed' R&D and ‘extra-mural' R&D, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155663
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Innovation and Growth in the UK Pharmaceuticals : The Case of Product and Marketing Introductions
Bokhari, Farasat A. S. - 2019
New drug introductions are a key to growth for pharmaceutical firms. However not all innovations are the same and they may have differential effects that vary by firm size. We use quarterly sales data on UK pharmaceuticals in a dynamic panel model to estimate the impact of product (new drugs)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012903446
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A Man of Flowers : A Reflection on Plant Patents, the Right to Food and Competition Law
Van Overwalle, Geertrui - 2013
The present paper explores the multi-layered relationship between plant patents, the right to food and competition law. The present contribution takes the view that the growing tendency to appropriate agricultural crops through intellectual property (IP) – thereby making a pivotal shift from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014188520
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Technology platforms in Europe : an empirical investigation
De Propris, Lisa; Corradini, Carlo - 2013 - revised version
In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from being able to build upon a wide but integrated spectrum of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010431699
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OportUnidad - Open Educational Practices : A Bottom-Up Approach in Latin America and Europe to Develop a Common Higher Education Area
Cobo, Cristobal - 2012
This paper draws on the OportUnidad project co-funded with support by the European Commission under the EuropeAidALFA III Programme. OportUnidad multi-actors include twelve Universities from Europe and Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal,...
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