diverse grounds in different countries, and there is no consistency in different patent laws in terms of patentability for … specific therapy. This particular field brings along the gene related patent applications. In recent years, ethical sides …, policy considerations on patent applications in gene sequences, and gene related diagnostic and treatment methods led to many …

Few topics in the life sciences today provoke as much debate as the availability of patent protection on "genetic … inventions". Some hold that protection is essential to encourage innovation and development of new products. Others argue that … that despite sometimes controversial licensing practices the patent system has broadly achieved what is intended. The …

. In 2002, Germany transferred patent rights from faculty members to their universities. To identify the effect on the …

traditional property theory is determinative in patent law. Early American courts secured to patentees the same conveyance rights … creation of lesser estates or restrictive covenants for real property. In sum, early American courts incorporated into patent … concepts of "assignments" and "licenses." Given widespread confusion today concerning patent conveyance doctrines, this chapter …

effects on markets and innovation. I propose several administrative and legislative measures directed toward the elimination … markets and innovation, such measures merit serious consideration by the USPTO and Congress …

patentability in the field of pharmaceutical inventions. To this end, the contribution adopts an anecdotal approach: instead of … abstractly analyzing the boundaries set by Article 27 TRIPS, it takes up specific questions related to patentability raised … from patent protection (iii) new forms of known substances when they do not show an improvement in known efficacy and (iv …

licensing, and patent pools; and analyzes the development of Climate Innovation Centres, the Eco-Patent Commons, and …: Innovation 7. Climate Innovation Centres: Patent Law and Public Sector Licensing 8. The Eco-Patent Commons: Patent Pools … effects of climate change. This book charts the patent landscapes and legal conflicts emerging in a range of fields of …