The present paper explores the multi-layered relationship between plant patents, the right to food and competition law … property (IP) – thereby making a pivotal shift from plant breeder’s rights to patents – has possibly led to hampering effects …

biotechnology patents, to cater for readers who are not familiar with patents and the like. The paper then presents a survey of the …

their quest into the judicial treatment of patents in different industry sectors. They present an in-depth commentary on …

key international standards with regard to patents were established. In that regard, TRIPS seemed to constitute einen …

Various remedies have been suggested to deal with potential hindering effects of patents in the area of plant and human … controversies surrounding patents on plant traits and on human genes, and the growing discontent with some undesirable effects of … to invent and share. In other words: patents may be looked at as tools to reshape exclusions into inclusions, giving rise …

paper will discuss the question from a European perspective, and investigate what impact emerging market patents may have on … employing patents as policy tools to stimulate innovation, and a more contemporary/economic approach looking at patents as … two facets of patents, can a meaningful response to the current emerging market patent tsunami be developed …

Traditionally patents are seen as the gold standard for intellectual property protection. But, in line with empirical …

embodies this power, but does it fulfill its essential purpose? This Note explores the scope of the exclusive rights of patents … v. MercExchange, this Note advocates a patent system that will allow access to stagnant patents sooner. The proposed …