linked with the evolution of modern patent law and patents are pillars of biotechnology industry. The context for patenting … biotechnology inventions in the U.S., Europe, Japan and China. Doctrines and practice regarding patent eligibility, utility, novelty … requirements, including requirement for patent disclosure of the source of genetic resources in China, will be highlighted …

The patent system has gained political attention in both Europe and the US as the core regulatory regime of an … increasingly knowledge-based economy. Europe and the US alike have recently engaged in a series of reform efforts of their patent …

This paper assesses the impact of adopting a post-grant review institution in the US patent system by comparing the … 'opposition careers' of European Patent Office (EPO) equivalents of litigated US patents to those of a control group of EPO … employing these different methods in our data analysis. We find that EPO equivalents of US litigated patent applications are …

model patent system, this study illustrates that it is possible to create a useful legal, policy, and institutional …