Patents in the Food Sector A Retrospective with Special Emphasis on the TRIPs Agreement

• Auteur principal: Willnegger, Eva (auth)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2008
• Collection: Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - MIPLC
• Sujets: Markenrecht; Urheberrecht / Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Medienrecht; Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz
• Accès en ligne: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Interestingly enough, food, being central to every human being, has been excluded from pat-entability in many patent laws. The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) now forces all Members of the World Trade Organization to abolish the exemption. For this reason,...