The Mexican patent system has had for several years the necessary legal framework in order to give certainty to employers regarding ownership of inventions made by its employees, but current trends related to multinational open innovation and the public policy promoted in Mexico for conforming...

Universities, regions, and governments all over the world have become interested in university technology transfer because transferring the knowledge from basic research to industry is seen to be a key to developing an innovation economy. While to the outsider it may seem easy – “just find...

This article examines the leeway the TRIPS Agreement grants to WTO Members to define their own standard of 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,...