Among the different cultural heritage assets, genetic resources (GR) and traditional knowledge associated to them (TK) have a technical character and enjoy legal protection in the international law. Due to these characteristics, measures of patent law have been often considered for their...

This paper examines both the legal status of marine genetic resources located on the deep-sea bed (MGRs) in international law and the legal regime of intellectual property rights (IPRs), specifically drawing attention to patents on inventions that may derive from MGRs’ exploitation. In this...