Biotechnological inventions [electronic resource] : moral restraints and patent law / Oliver Mills.
Publication details: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate Pub., c2010.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xix, 221 pISBN:- 9780754677741 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9780754695240 (e-book)
- 346.04/86 22
- K1519.B54 M55 2010eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Biotechnological inventions: the moral debate -- Development of a European and UK moral regime -- Development of patent law in the United States -- Application of Article 53 European Patent Convention -- Patent law criteria and biotechnological inventions -- Protection in the United States -- Protection conferred under the Biotechnology Directive 1998 -- Plant variety protection: UPOV, community, directive -- Recent EU initiatives: likely impact on moral concerns.
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